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A ‘revelation through concealment’
MIK SABIERS enjoys a book that documents the last project of two artists who mesmerised the public on a grand scale but never succumbed to commercialisation
NEARLY THERE: Ropes are being installed to secure and contour the fabric on the Arc de Triomphe on September 13, 2021
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SIMON DUFF relishes the cross contamination of Damien Hirst’s greatest hits by street artists from France and the US
In view of the grooming gangs inquiry, SIMON PARSONS feels the relevance of this powerful examination of trauma suffered at Medomsley Youth Detention Centre
JOHN GREEN doubts the motivations of a US war photographer who never questions why, or for whom, she is producing images of imperialist conflict
MARIA DUARTE reviews Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, Hedda, The Mastermind, and Regretting You
TONY CONWAY welcomes a thrilling and concise history of Hope not Hate, that is also a manual full of tactical advice
PAUL DONOVAN welcomes an inspiring account of living with deafness that has important lessons for the treatment of deaf people in today’s UK
L’Arc de Triomphe, WRAPPED
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Taschen, £20
JUST 16 days in situ, but 60 years in the making, this book charts the creation and construction of Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s L’Arc de Triomphe, WRAPPED, although it doesn’t actually feature the final exhibit in all its glory.
Christo and Jeanne-Claude were known for wrapping, enveloping and engaging with open spaces, large installations and oil barrels (London Serpentine i 2018), but primarily their art was about fabric, textiles and temporary materials interacting with the environment.
Born on the same day in 1935, the pair met and married in Paris in the late 1950s and embarked on a career symbolised by art crossed with large scale landmarks and landscapes.
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