AT THE PEARLY GATES
I note that Christo Javacheff passed away recently. I was not a fan of his work, nor of his considered self-promotion. On the occasion of his and Jeanne-Claude’s Gates project in Central Park I wrote in Slate: “Jeanne-Claude has been quoted as saying that she thinks that Olmsted would be “very happy” with the installation. My guess is that he would have hated it.”
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Jun 13, 2020 06:39AM
Olmsted thought 'Big'...so maybe he would have enjoyed the colour and scale of the Gates project as it sprawled through his 'natural' landscape. Mr. Olmsted seemed to be ok with heavy equipment, massive land re-sculpting, moving water courses and huge replanting projects. The gates were not just a blatant visual marketing success but an intervention with emotional power. The scale invited interaction with passage and shelter and change. Wind and sunlight and distance. Artificial? Maybe. But brilliant just the same.
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