Ephemeral Nature: Christo & Jeanne-Claude

The retrospective exhibition Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Ephemeral Nature features never-before-exhibited preparatory drawings and collages highlighting the artists’ most well-known environmental installations from the past 50 years. Alongside such seminal works as The Gates, Surrounded Islands, and The Umbrellas, Hexton presents a more intimate look at their practice through a group of unique wrapped objects held in the artists’ personal collection over the last five decades.

The works included in the exhibition reveal both the romantic and artistic relationship that spawned one of the most important bodies of work from the second half of the 20th century through today. With Christo as the dreamer and Jeanne-Claude as the driving force behind each project, the couple was able to execute large-scale installations that transcended their conceptual roots and propelled them into the public eye. Their projects shed new light on our everyday world, and in doing so, transformed our relationship with the environment around us.

This exhibition is presented in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Valley Curtain project executed in Rifle, Colorado, and organized in collaboration with the Christo and Jeanne-Claude Foundation

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