“Works on paper can be a combination of photographs, fragments of other projects, technical information… […] the drawings reflect the evolution of the project. It doesn’t emerge from my thoughts ‘fully equipped.”

Piero Atchugarry Gallery is pleased to announce for the first time in our Miami Survey space, Christo & Jeanne-Claude: Projects from 1972 to 2013. An exhibition survey of conceived and realized projects on the American landscape, featuring seminal emblematic drawings that evince the duo’s iconic, once-in-a-lifetime monumental installations they co-authored. Often utilizing the technique of draping, wrapping, or surrounding large portions of existing landscapes with thoughtfully engineered fabric, Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s interventions reveal a new appreciation of the natural world and built environment through temporarily altered physical and visual experiences of the sites.

From the initial sketches to the finished hyper-detailed works, Christo’s drawings reveal the evolution of an idea and constitutes what Christo referred to as the “growing process.” “Works on paper can be a combination of photographs, fragments of other projects, technical information… […] the drawings reflect the evolution of the project. It doesn’t emerge from my thoughts ‘fully equipped.” Ultimately, Christo’s drawings reflect the years of research and accumulated knowledge involved in conceiving and eventually realizing these impermanent, yet historic projects.

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