Not a work of art, but a real fascinating and imposing sculpture, which does not go unnoticed. There London Mastaba by Christo, which floats in London’s Lake Serpentine, is simply oversized. The Bulgarian-born Land artist has undertaken a mammoth project with a trapezoidal shape. In fact, Mastaba means trapezoid (in Arabic it means bench) and has a history that dates back to about 6-7 thousand years ago. Mastaba is a term that comes directly from Mesopotamia, a region now occupied by Iraq, Kuwait and parts of Saudi Arabia, Syria and Turkey.
Christo has studied, conceived and created an artistic but ephemeral masterpiece. In fact, like all his works, the London Mastaba is destined to disappear. In fact it has a duration of only 3 months. To see it you should hurry up, you can find it by taking a trip to London at Hyde Park. Suddenly you will be captured by a colorful sculpture, characterized by a series of barrels declined in red, bla, mauve and white.
The barrels identify the art of Christo Vladimirov Javacheff who, until 2009, created his land art together with his wife Jeanne Claude, who died that year.
The Floating Piers, Christo’s work on Lake Iseo
Also in Italy this artist has left his mark “briefly”. In 2016, in fact, he created The Floating Piers on Lake Iseo, a real yellow line made of barrels, which ran through the body of water. Thanks to this colorful platform, tourists were able to literally walk on the water. Christo’s The Floating Piers consisted of 100,000 square meters of shiny yellow fabric for a total of 3km of walk. The whole thing lasted only 16 days, then the track was mercilessly dismantled, like all Christo’s works of land art.
The Gates by Christo in New York
Even earlier, in 2005, Christo created The Gates in New York, a much larger work than the Italian one, to the point of reaching 23 miles of project, made available, once again, for only 16 days. The work consisted of vinyl arches with saffron yellow fabric panels.
Christo’s work on the Reichstag, the German parliament, in Berlin
Going even further back in time, in 1995, we find Christo’s intervention on the Reichstag in Berlin, the German Parliament; the artist covered this building with huge medium gray sheets.
Christo’s Abu Dhabi Mastaba
All of Christo’s works are decidedly ephemeral but, perhaps, the artist is about to abandon this routine of his to propose something permanent: the Mastaba in Abu Dhabi.
Find out more about Christo and his art on D360.
Not a work of art, but a real fascinating and imposing sculpture, which does not go unnoticed. There London Mastaba by Christo, which floats in London’s Lake Serpentine, is simply oversized. The Bulgarian-born Land artist has undertaken a mammoth project with a trapezoidal shape. In fact, Mastaba means trapezoid (in Arabic it means bench) and has a history that dates back to about 6-7 thousand years ago. Mastaba is a term that comes directly from Mesopotamia, a region now occupied by Iraq, Kuwait and parts of Saudi Arabia, Syria and Turkey.
Christo has studied, conceived and created an artistic but ephemeral masterpiece. In fact, like all his works, the London Mastaba is destined to disappear. In fact it has a duration of only 3 months. To see it you should hurry up, you can find it by taking a trip to London at Hyde Park. Suddenly you will be captured by a colorful sculpture, characterized by a series of barrels declined in red, bla, mauve and white.
The barrels identify the art of Christo Vladimirov Javacheff who, until 2009, created his land art together with his wife Jeanne Claude, who died that year.
The Floating Piers, Christo’s work on Lake Iseo
Also in Italy this artist has left his mark “briefly”. In 2016, in fact, he created The Floating Piers on Lake Iseo, a real yellow line made of barrels, which ran through the body of water. Thanks to this colorful platform, tourists were able to literally walk on the water. Christo’s The Floating Piers consisted of 100,000 square meters of shiny yellow fabric for a total of 3km of walk. The whole thing lasted only 16 days, then the track was mercilessly dismantled, like all Christo’s works of land art.
The Gates by Christo in New York
Even earlier, in 2005, Christo created The Gates in New York, a much larger work than the Italian one, to the point of reaching 23 miles of project, made available, once again, for only 16 days. The work consisted of vinyl arches with saffron yellow fabric panels.
Christo’s work on the Reichstag, the German parliament, in Berlin
Going even further back in time, in 1995, we find Christo’s intervention on the Reichstag in Berlin, the German Parliament; the artist covered this building with huge medium gray sheets.
Christo’s Abu Dhabi Mastaba
All of Christo’s works are decidedly ephemeral but, perhaps, the artist is about to abandon this routine of his to propose something permanent: the Mastaba in Abu Dhabi.
Find out more about Christo and his art on D360.
