Paris and Arc de Triomphe wrapped in cloth.Now the dream of late Christ and Jeanne -Claude realizes (Art Notebook) --Yahoo! News

delivery

Christ and Jean -Claude L'Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped

"L'Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped" is a limited time that anyone can freely see and touch the Arc de Triomphe covered with cloth from September 18 to October 3, from September 18 to October 3. Art. It is a work by late Christ (Bulgarian, 1935-2020) and Jeanne -Claude (from Morocco, 1935-2009), known for its large art projects that cover historical buildings with cloth. The plan dates back to 1961. Christ and Jeanne -Claude, who were born the same day, met in Paris in 1958, creating a method of putting a fleeting art in the city. The two works have been able to change the everyday sight of the city to extraordinary, only for the period when art is placed. Crado, who was borrowed by an atelier near the Arc de Triomphe by a city called Paris, was fascinated by the overwhelming presence of a 50 -meter -high Arc de Triomphe visible from the window, and in 1961 he wanted to wrap this monument in a cloth. I will dream. He simulated the form of the Arc de Triomphe wrapped in a rope with a composite photo, and in 1988 he was producing a collage with almost matching the current finished diagram. The two have been planning to wrap their historic buildings many times, but the existence of the Arc de Triomphe was so great. The construction of the Arc de Triomphe began in 1806 as a monument to praise the French troops, with the death of the emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. Later, Louis 18th, Louis Philip, and then the government inherited that intention, and completed in 1830. It is a special monument for the French people who have been a monument to an unknown soldier who died in World War I. Therefore, he did not even think that society would not accept it, such as hiding the Arc de Triomphe with a cloth. It was 2017 that such a project started to realize. When the Paris Pompidou Center, who was conducting a solo exhibition in Paris's projects in Paris, called on Christ's proposals for a new project he wanted to realize in Paris, Christ was passed on to wrap the Arc de Triomphe without hesitation. He said, "It will be an object with a life that takes the wind, it will be a life -threatening object. The folds of the cloth will be the Silhouette of the Arc de Triomphe, and people will want to touch the Arc de Triomphe." At the time of the proposal, Christ represented the Arc de Triomphe, which was covered with cloth. Covering with a cloth had a special meaning for Christ. Regarding the meaning of the cloth for Christ, Christ and Jeanne -Claude, when the Pong Nuff bridge was covered in 1985, said Laura Martin, who plays the project. "The cloth has a variety of meanings. Cloths build a temporary home without settlement, and symbolize the nomads who are someday someday. Tatayuta cloth is the art from the Middle Ages to the Baroque era. The houses have tried to express their expressions. For Christ, the cloth exposes its existence by hiding it so that the silhouette of the body stands out by putting it on the body. " Therefore, we were particular about how to enter the drape of the cloth covering the Arc de Triomphe. In the realization, he was in collaboration with the French Cultural Property Center (CMN), a French government agency (CMN), which is responsible for the protection and management of the Arc de Triomphe to protect the Arc de Triomphe based on his design plan left in his life. The Arc de Triomphe, which is built on the Etoile Square and receives the wind from all sides, can cause a lot of damage to the surface of the stone built more than 200 years ago if a cloth hits the surface. As a result, the steel pole was stretched out of the building to prevent the cloth from hitting the surface of the building as much as possible. In addition, the wall is engraved with a statue of the triumphant heroes. A steel fence was applied to surround the carved statue so that the cloth would not touch. After forming a scaffold in this way, from September 12, recycled polypropylene cloth, which has a recycled polypropylene of 25,000 square meters, is lifted on the roof of the Arc de Triomphe with a crane, and it is also recyclable to fix the cloth. I started "tying" the cloth with a 3000 -meter red rope of polypropylene. Many of the people who gathered in the Arc de Triomphe Square, as the fabrics gradually descended from the roof of the Arc de Triomphe, and the Arc de Triomphe hid it, as the cloth was dropped down from the roof of the Arc de Triomphe. Regardless of age or gender, it is unlikely that such people will continue to look at the situation in the middle of the production for hours. If you always look at the engineers who work at the construction site, you will teach them that a plan that is beyond imagination will turn it into a beautiful one as an introduction to a spectacular plan. 。 At a press conference held just before the completion of the 18th, he has been the director of Christ and Jean -Claude wrapping projects for many years, and two nephews, Vladimir Yavacev, said: "L'Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped, which was a dream of Christ and Jeanne -Claude, will appear. Until now, it was the" L'Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped "project, but the character of the project will be in the future. It will disappear. Christo was particular about distinguishing between the plan and the realized work. " No matter how beautiful a dream, it may be that it can be called art for the first time. He continued his thoughts in his work at a press conference: "Everybody can freely touch the wrapped Arc de Triomphe cloth, because the experience of art is open equally to everyone." On the weekend of October 3, when the Arc de Triomphe with a cloth is released, the vehicle traffic around Etoile Square will be completely stopped and will become a pedestrian paradise. You should be able to see the Arc de Triomphe from an unprecedented angle. I am impressed by this decision in Paris. Looking at the Arc de Triomphe covered with cloth, it seems that gifts from huge art work have been packed and arrived from somewhere. Originally planned to be completed in April 2020, the realization of the project was postponed in September 2021 due to the spread of the new Coronavirus. If the plan is progressing as in the beginning, he loses his words when he thinks he was able to see the completion with Christist, who passed away in May 2020. Nevertheless, after the death of Christ and Jeanne -Claude, he was shaking, witnessing the two dreams of their 60 years without losing their centripetal force.

Interview / sentence = Kanae Hasegawa