L'Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped

L'Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped was a temporary art installation by artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude where the Arc de Triomphe in Paris was wrapped in a silver-blue fabric for two weeks in 2021.

L'Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped
ArtistChristo and Jeanne-Claude
YearSeptember 2021 (September 2021)
LocationArc de Triomphe, Paris

Planning and final achievement

Christo and Jeanne-Claude are known for their wrapping of public monuments, including the Wrapped Reichstag in Berlin, the Pont Neuf Wrapped in Paris, and The Gates in New York.

Christo first thought of wrapping the Arc de Triomphe de l'Etoile when he lived nearby in 1961.[1] Actual planning began in 2018, with the intention of completing the work in the spring of 2020 to coincide with an exhibition on the artists at the Pompidou Center, and Christo wanted to work "beyond the exhibition".[2] It was to be the first work in their signature style since Jeanne-Claude's death in 2009.[2]

The work was self-financed through sales of project documentation, including drawings and models. The final cost was about 14 million Euros ($16.54 million).[3] Governmental approval came easily in comparison to the waits for their prior projects.

Initially slated to run for two weeks in April 2020,[2] the work was first delayed until September 2020, to accommodate the nesting of kestrel falcons who nest in the monument during the spring.[4][5]

Samples of the silver-blue fabric

On 31 May 2020, Christo died and France 24 announced that the project would be continued in accordance with Christo's wishes.[6] After further delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was completed in September 2021.[7]

L'Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped, was one of their largest works,[7] with 25,000 square meters of recyclable, silver-blue polypropylene fabric fastened with 3,000 meters of red rope.[1][2]

References
  1. Lauter, Devorah (March 26, 2020). "'I Use the Capitalist System to the Very End': Christo on What It's Like to Achieve His Dream of Wrapping the Arc de Triomphe". Artnet News. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  2. Barone, Joshua (April 3, 2019). "Christo's Next Project: Wrapping the Arc de Triomphe". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.
  3. Reuters (September 18, 2021). ""A crazy dream come true": Macron inaugurates the Wrapped Arc de Triomphe". Reuters. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
  4. "Art Industry News: Christo Delays His Plans to Wrap the Arc de Triomphe to Protect Nesting Birds + Other Stories". Artnet News. June 13, 2019. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  5. Duponchelle, Valérie (June 12, 2019). "L'empaquetage de l'Arc de triomphe par Christo repoussé à l'automne 2020". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  6. Artist Christo, famed for wrapping landmarks in cloth, dies at 84, France24, May 31, 2020, online: france24.com/...
  7. Greenberger, Alex (April 30, 2020). "Christo's Much-Anticipated Arc de Triomphe Wrapping Delayed to 2021 by Coronavirus". ARTnews.com. Retrieved May 25, 2020.

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