Shot In The Dark: Transformation

February 15, 2005

Transformation

Christo's "The Gates" - in which the artist has hung 7,500 orange, er, sheets from trees and poles in Central Park - is billed as a transformation - the "reclamation" of the space.

John "J-Po" Podhoretz comments:

But there is a wonderfully salutary aspect to "The Gates," and that is how the mobs of people thronging the park seem blissfully unaware that they are walking through reclaimed territory...Christo and Jeanne-Claude wanted to transform Central Park. But that transformation has already taken place. Cops did it. Good policy did it. A good mayor did it.

The whole thing is worth a read.

Posted by Mitch at February 15, 2005 06:55 AM | TrackBack

Comments

I'm going to see the Gates this weekend. I'm actually excited. Everyone seems so eager to state how "underwhelmed" they are, blah blah. Oh well. I want to see them. I think the pictures look really cool - and I'd like to see them in person.

Posted by: red at February 15, 2005 09:16 AM

I'm really torn about this.

On the one hand, it DOES sound kinda cool (unlike a lot of Christo's earlier projects, which just seemed dumb).

On the other, Christo is the kind of artiste whose pretensions just beg to be skewered.

Oh, hell. Central Park sounds fun, orange sheets or no. Have fun!

Posted by: mitch at February 15, 2005 09:40 AM

I don't know - I've always liked Christo's stuff. I liked the islands surrounded in pink cloth. I have no idea what it means, but I think his stuff is really funny.

Posted by: red at February 15, 2005 10:09 AM

Can we get Christo to wrap the Spruce Tree Centre...permanently?

Posted by: John at February 15, 2005 08:24 PM

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Acomplia

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