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Christo — Wrapped Roman Sculptures
Christo

Wrapped Roman Sculptures

1990

Christo's "Wrapped Roman Sculptures" exemplifies the artist's signature conceptual practice of concealing familiar objects to transform viewer perception and encourage new aesthetic contemplation. The mixed media composition combines traditional drawing materials with unconventional elements like polyethene and twine, creating a collage that visualizes the wrapping concept while remaining itself a work on paper. This piece reflects Christo's broader artistic investigation into how concealment paradoxically reveals the essence and monumentality of an object by removing our habitual visual access to it.

Medium
pencil, wax crayon, enamel paint, fabric collage, polyethene, twine, masking tape on paper laid down on board, in Plexiglas box

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Christo, Wrapped Roman Sculptures, 1990

Christo's "Wrapped Roman Sculptures" exemplifies the artist's signature conceptual practice of concealing familiar objects to transform viewer perception and encourage new aesthetic contemplation. The mixed media composition combines traditional drawing materials with unconventional elements like polyethene and twine, creating a collage that visualizes the wrapping concept while remaining itself a work on paper. This piece reflects Christo's broader artistic investigation into how concealment paradoxically reveals the essence and monumentality of an object by removing our habitual visual access to it.

Medium
pencil, wax crayon, enamel paint, fabric collage, polyethene, twine, masking tape on paper laid down on board, in Plexiglas box
Year
1990
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

20th Century, Transformation of perception, Bulgarian Artist, Conceptual Art, Land Art, Mysterious aesthetic, Monumental Installation, Wrapping technique, Classical sculptures, Fabric and rope

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