Christo and Jeanne-Claude set out to wrap the un-wrappable:castles, buildings, rivers, bridges,etc. They bring the city together through the process because this couple cannot do it along. Many people work together for the goal of covering an object. Where does the funding come from? No one who admires the cloth covered Pont-neuf could purchase it and take it home. They front the cost of the project-material, labor (no volunteers), any expenses, then get it back with the selling of their drawings planning the project.
This idea of selling prep work or little mementos of their installation is very intriguing to me as a ceramic sculpture creator. Not everyone who looks at a large sculpture or installation can take part of it home, no matter how much the viewer likes it. These drawings can let the admirer take "the idea" of a work of art instead of the whole thing.
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