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he came to a part of my state that was probably not too famous for one of his projects at first I questioned the value but then I relaxed and came to appreciate the work he had created, the dialog, the introspection and the choice of place https://christojeanneclaude.net/mobile/projects?p=over-the-r... it was an impoverished place from a capitalist perspective, but a place rich with stark beauty he acknowledged and leveraged into his art

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It's really too bad that Over The River was never finished. I always like the idea a lot, and would have gone out there to see it. Anyway he and jean-claude moved on and did other pretty great things.

He did do the pink surrounded islands thing in Florida which was a pretty big endeavor on water.

That was the first thing I'd ever seen by him when I was a kid (in a photo that was part of a National Geographic piece). I wish I could have seen it in person. I remember thinking how audacious it was to wrap an island in pink plastic and call it art. It was also my first exposure to large scale temporary art installation pieces.

Over the River was one of many projects that Christo was deeply passionate about. When I spoke to him about the project six years ago he was still hopeful about it; it had been a non-realized project started with Jeanne-Claude. And he spoke of finishing their vision even after her passing, which seemed to affect him greatly. I am saddened of his passing.

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