{"id":339413,"date":"2021-09-15T01:54:18","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T22:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/arc-de-triomphe-wrapped-on-display-in-paris\/"},"modified":"2021-09-15T01:54:18","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T22:54:18","slug":"arc-de-triomphe-wrapped-on-display-in-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/arc-de-triomphe-wrapped-on-display-in-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"#&#8217;Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped&#8217; on display in Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#&#8217;Arc de Triomphe, Wr<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed&#8217; on display in Paris<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>PARIS \u2014 Visitors to\u00a0Paris\u00a0were surprised on Sunday when strolling up the Champs-Elysees as dozens of workers began enveloping in a shimmering wrapper a posthumous installation by artist Christo at\u00a0Arc\u00a0de\u00a0Triomphe\u00a0monument.<\/p>\n<p>Workers were shuffling around the 50-meter high, 19th century\u00a0arch setting up 25,000 square meters of silvery blue, recyclable plastic\u00a0wrapping, which will be on view between Sept. 18 and Oct. 3.<\/p>\n<p>Imagined\u00a0decades ago in 1961 by the late Bulgarian-born artist Christo and his wife and fellow artist Jeanne-Claude, who died in 2009, \u201cL\u2019Arc\u00a0de\u00a0Triomphe, Wrapped\u201d was finally brought to life by Christo\u2019s nephew, Vladimir Yavatchev at a cost of about $16.54 million.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe biggest challenge for me is that Christo is not here. I miss his enthusiasm, his criticisms, his energy and all of these things. That, for me, really is the biggest challenge,\u201d Yavatchev told Reuters.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Arc-de-Triomphe-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Workers install a shimmering wrapper to envelop Paris landmark, the Arc de Triomphe\" class=\"wp-image-19456072\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Arc-de-Triomphe-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Arc-de-Triomphe-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Arc-de-Triomphe-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Christo, whose full name is Christo Javacheff, was known for his larger-than-life installations.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS\/Christian Hartmann<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Christo, who spent part of his life in\u00a0Paris\u00a0and in New York, once rented a small room near the famed Champs-Elysees avenue after moving to\u00a0Paris\u00a0in 1958, when he experimented with\u00a0wrapping\u00a0discarded crates and barrels with fabric and rope, according to an official site about the artist.<\/p>\n<p>Christo, whose full name is Christo Javacheff, was known for his larger-than-life installations. He wrapped up a stretch of coastline in Australia and the Reichstag parliament building in Berlin, and strung up a huge curtain in part of a canyon in Colorado. He worked closely with Jeanne-Claude\u00a0on the projects.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Arc-de-Triomphe-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Workers install a shimmering wrapper to envelop Paris landmark, the Arc de Triomphe, in a posthumous installation by artist Christo on the Champs Elysee avenue, in Paris, France, September 12, 2021.\" class=\"wp-image-19456080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Arc-de-Triomphe-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Arc-de-Triomphe-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Arc-de-Triomphe-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Workers were shuffling around the 50-meter high, 19th century\u00a0arch setting up 25,000 square meters of wrapping.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS\/Christian Hartmann<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The pair covered\u00a0Paris\u2019s Pont Neuf bridge in yellow cloth in 1985.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Arc\u00a0de\u00a0Triomphe\u00a0project, involving the most visited monument in\u00a0Paris\u00a0that looms over one end of the Champs-Elysees, will still allow tourists to visit the site and its panoramic terrace. 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