Christo: Surrounded Islands : Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami Florida, 1980-83 - Hardcover

Christo; Volz, Wolfgang; Fineberg, Jonathan David; Mulholland, Janet

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0810907909 ISBN 13: 9780810907904

Publisher: Harry N Abrams Inc, 1986

Synopsis

Documents the Surrounded Islands project from its initial planning including fabric selection, to the local public hearings, to the project's completion

About this title

From Library Journal:

Christo and his wife, Jeanne-Claude, are masters of coordination, engineering, and entrepreneurial chutzpah. The "Surrounded Islands" project for Miami's Biscayne Bay was one of their masterpieces. Bourdon's documentary book follows this massive project from conception through completion, using documents, essays, charts, diagrams, and factual data to provide an exhaustive and exhausting picture. Whether the project proves Christo's largesse (as Bourdon asserts) or egotism, the gesture is imperial in scope. Bourdon's presentation leaves us convinced that Christo is the master of the modern media event in a society that values impression more than substance. Nevertheless, Christo: Surrounded Islands is a valuable document.Douglas G. Campbell, Humanities Dept., Warner Pacific Coll., Portland, Ore.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harry N Abrams Inc
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0810907909
• ISBN 13: 9780810907904
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 696