A huge "Emphasised" Hristo closed sun swimmers in Hyde-парке
ARTinvestment.RU   05 июля 2018

New art-объект Christo "Emphasised", created in the image and likeness of Egyptian tombs, rises to 20 metres above the surface of the lake serpentine

On the implementation of this project, the artists Christo Yavashev and his now late wife Jeanne-Клод dreamed of for many decades. The first sketches art-объектов from empty oil drums (walls, columns and mastaba) date from the late 1950-х – 1960-ми. What-то projects managed to be realized — for example, to block one of the streets of Paris, the "Iron curtain" from the barrels in 1962-м – just a year after construction of the Berlin wall. Projects of the mastabas (large structures in the form of a truncated pyramid, referring to the shape of benches in front of houses in ancient Mesopotamia and the first tombs of Ancient Egypt) it was more difficult. There were many projects (even in the Arabian desert was planned to build 150-метровую truncated pyramid), but to bring to fulfillment managed only three "Mastaba": two small 1960-х and the last third now in the Hyde-парке.

London "Emphasised" consists of 7506 oil drums created specifically for the project (i.e. it is not used barrels-под oil, and clean new). In the middle of lake serpentine was constructed of floating platform, it — metal frame, and then special arrangement of stacked barrels painted red, white, blue and lilac color. Finished art-объект happened 20 meters in height, 30 in width and 40 in length.

the Large size of London "Mastaba" which pose some inconvenience for visitors guide-парка. So, many members of the local club swimmers complain that the design has stood in the sun, and they have to swim in the darkness. Others were not satisfied with the coloring of "Mastaba", contrary to natural colors. But the share of art-объекта also great. After all, this is the first such large-scale public object Hristo in the UK. His appearance is timed to the exhibition Christo and Jeanne-Клод gallery serpentine. "Emphasised" dismantle after September 23,.

Sources: telegraph.co.uk, christojeanneclaude.net, artinvestment.ru



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