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Some scoff at these works as mere spectacle.
But that isnt nothing.
Christo, whodied Sunday at 84, was a structural-spiritual genie.
And then this artist remade it.
And it doesnt have to mean anything!
It justis!Isnt it wonderful?!
A Christo blasts pheromones of freedom.
Just saying what these projects were out loud can make you have hallucinations.
(David and Albert MayslesChristos Valley Curtainwon the 1974 Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.)
As world-famous as Christo was, he was never a big art world critical hit.
You didnt see his work in Biennials and the like.
They werent really gallery artists and only sold drawings and related objects to raise money for the monumental projects.
They never accepted grants.
The Christos were anti-market before anti-market became a massive marketable movement.
At the end of every project the profit the two drew was always zero.
As with many artists of the period, the process was as much the art as the finished product.
All their art is site-specific but feels universal.
Instead we can only mourn them, as we grieve for ourselves.
