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Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Many of you may remember the large installation The Gates. For 16 days in February 2005, the public was encouraged to visit New York’s Central Park and walk under the 7,503 saffron-colored gates spaced along the park’s walkways. It was an exhilarating opportunity for hundreds of thousands to enjoy how Christo and Jeanne-Claude had temporarily appointed Central Park, a truly festive sense of community.
Christo and Jeanne-Claude have no gallery affiliation – they come with strings attached. All workers are paid from their personal funds. They are their own agents, maintaining full control and autonomy over each project. This allows them freedom to do whatever they want, how they want and where they want. Funds for the hefty expenses are raised from the sale of Christo’s original paintings which are now big ticket items that are most wanted by museums and major collectors.
Work by Christo and Jeanne-Claude is intentionally impermanent. Each outdoor installation only exists for a finite, limited amount of time, making temporality also important to their aesthetic. Jeanne Claude explained, “We wish our works to be temporary. We have love and tenderness for childhood because we know childhood will not last…. This quality of love and tenderness, we wish to give to our work of art as an additional aesthetic quality. For instance, if someone were to tell you, ’Oh, look at the rainbow’. You would never say, “I will look at it tomorrow’. It is more precious because of its impermanence”.
“Local Color”
“Local Color” is part of the Plein Air – Easton! festivities and features artists from the Delmarva Peninsula, in MD, DE, VA, and Working Artists Forum, sponsors of “Local Color”. These artists are also juried into the competition. Persons who have been juried into the Plein Air – Easton! Competition are not eligible to apply.
The “Local Color” show features studio-finished paintings. Original paintings in oil, acrylic, watercolor or pastel are acceptable and must have been done in the last 3 years. Each artist is given a 6′ x 6′ space on which to hang their works for the judging and sale and when one painting is sold, another may replace it.
Their reception and awards will be Friday, noon – 1 PM. Awards will be given for Best in Show and 1st, 2nd and 3rd and range in value from $500 to $100. I’m happy to say, one of my friends was accepted into “Local Color”.