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via @serpentineuk — On 27 June 1962, 56 years ago, Christo and Jeanne-Claude blocked Rue Visconti, Paris with a wall of 89 barrels, temporarily inhibiting movement of both people and cars. This temporary intervention was the second work in a public space completed by the artists. “In a piece that foreshadowed the larger and more sweeping urban projects that they would conceive and execute together, Christo and Jeanne-Claude managed to put 89 of the oil drums together, laid on their sides, to form a 14-foot high (4.20-metre-high) wall that would be set in the middle of the Rue Visconti in the Sixth Arrondissement on the Left Bank, entirely blocking it. The barrels were supported by the walls of the buildings on each side of the street, forming a barrier for both pedestrians and cars, turning the narrow street into two separate and impenetrable realms. The project was called Iron Curtain, in obvious reference to the division of Europe.” - Architectural critic, Paul Goldberger on Wall of Barrels, The Iron Curtain, Rue Visconti, Paris, 1961-62. Image: Christo and Jeanne-Claude Wall of Barrels - The Iron Curtain, Rue Visconti, Paris, 1961-62 Courtesy of the artist Photo: Jean-Dominique Lajoux © 1962 Christo. Extracts taken from Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Barrels and the Mastaba 1958 - 2018, published by Taschen and available to from our online shop. @ChristoJeanneClaude #ChristoLondon — #artoffaith
Photo by @fin.barr — #archdaily #artoffaith #singapore
“The End of Ending” by #EduardoBasualdo, made of hollow foil. via @artbasel. — #artoffaith
Photo by @tomhegen.de — #aerialphotography #artoffaith
My friend #ThaiMainhard (@thaimainhardart) holding one of her pieces 😊 — Tag this account or #artoffaith so I can see your work!
#ShinjiOhmaki via @dsnudesign — #artoffaith #artinstallation
Remembering Eugene Peterson (1932-2018), author of “The Message”, poet, and pastor who helped us all imagine God more beautifully. — #eugenepeterson #artoffaith Photo: Karen Nichols/Daily Inter Lake.
“Peak-a-boo”, captured by @laetitiamodine — #mindtheminimal #artoffaith
#JamesTurrell at #FoundationVenet, captured by @oscarduboy — #architizer #artoffaith