Wrapped Fountain

About Christo

Wrapped GlobeThe world from Christo’s perspective: a veiled globe rests upon the back of a reclining person; the Eurasian land mass appears underneath a thin foil; on the subject’s back is a mysterious tattoo, just below the globe.This collage is an elaborate, handmade work by the artist Christo. He used a photo of a globe from the 1960s, wrapping it in translucent foil, and binding it with thin threads. The motif is surrounded by masking tape and cardboard, materials that the artist often liked to use. Included is a grid for locating the world within the work, and numbers on the sides for measurement and order.The handwritten title of his work is WRAPPED GLOBE (EURASIAN HEMISPHERE).… Read more