No art galleries; no agents; no sponsors. In order to see their works become true; they risked more and more times to file bankrupcy; they arranged a truce between two historical enemies like Jacques Chirac and François Mitterrand; and they even ended up milking cows in California.Christo and Jeanne-Claude; for over half a century a strong couple in work and life; have turned the art world upside down thanks to their monstre installations: works that through the bundling of monuments and places; can reveal their true meanings.For the first time ever a book deals with their lives and their art paths; thanks to the words of men and women who sticked with them to accomplish their visionary projects over four continents.Ten interviews to as many big witnesses of their work; grown up despite of denials and difficulties. Ten people who; in final; got themselves heavily changed; too. From Wolfgang Volz; photographer and sider of the couple; to the collector John Kaldor; from Frank Seltenheim; the tightrope walker of the Reichstag; to Umberta Gnutti Beretta; who offered her family island for Christorsquo;s comeback on the world art scene after Jeanne-Claude disappeared.Foreword by Ettore Camuffo. Preface by Stefano Lucchini.Translation by Wendell Ricketts.
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