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guster lover:
well... i saw them while i was in new york & they brightened everything up... but it was still kind of stupid. at least it attracted tourist money, i guess.

reva:
- not two guys.  a guy and his wife, just to be anal about it :)

- the structures supporting the banners were meant as symbols of the grid patter that NYC is layed out in, and the fabric flowing in the middle was to represent the organic forms found within the city in Central Park.

- Yes, the money could have been spent by the artists for other things, but eccentric wealthy people have spent money in much more pointless ways; we just don't hear about those because it's an everyday occurance.

dancarter:
it's a weird thing, christo's work.

recently my fine arts department took a trip to the AGO in Toronto to see his retrospective, which included sketches and plans for the gates.  i really tend to like his work more in the planning aspect than in its actual execution.  the thought process is really interesting and the sketches are huge and not to be missed if you get a chance to see them.  

the only thing that wins out for me with his stuff is that he pays for it himself.  there's no grant money being appropriated from governments or anything like that, so that seems to be a more proper justification for him to do what he wants to do.  he's not leeching for millions from some committee.

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