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Christo Event on April 13

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This event is now sold out!  For over forty years, Christo and Jeanne-Claude have collaborated on large-scale art projects using fabric in both urban and rural environments. This memorable evening will begin with Christo’s presentation focusing on the artists’ previous and upcoming temporary works of art, followed by an open question and answer session and book signing.  The event will take place at Memminger Auditorium (56 Beaufain Street) and tickets are $25 for members, $35 for non-members, and $15 for students.  For more information and to purchase tickets call (843) 722-2706, ext. 22.

Christo: The Gates, Central Park, New York City, 1996, Collage in two parts, pencil, fabric, pastel, charcoal, wax crayon, and aerial photograph, © Christo 1996
Christo: The Gates, Central Park, New York City, 1996, Collage in two parts, pencil, fabric, pastel, charcoal, wax crayon, and aerial photograph, © Christo 1996

See this work by Christo in the upcoming Gibbes exhibition Modern Masters from the Ferguson Collection, on view April 30 – August 22, 2010.

 

Published March 9, 2010

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