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Christo’s Gates: A Transcendent Experience
Feb. 21, 2005 | Republican Professor

Posted on 02/21/2005 4:01:06 PM PST by Republicanprofessor

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To: Republicanprofessor
There are Eastern influences: the gates remind me of Japanese war banners and the Great Wall of China.

Close. Golden Horde. Mongol camp. Barbarians at the Gates of Rome (New York, USA). Painfully obvious.

Painfully obvious that I have no idea what it's about but my interpretation is at least provocative.

41 posted on 02/21/2005 6:02:50 PM PST by decimon
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To: Republicanprofessor

Is it supposed to look garish?


42 posted on 02/21/2005 6:07:19 PM PST by Shanda
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It seems to have stirred a passion in you that has gone beyond the exhibit. Something every artist strives to do. Good for him and for you.


43 posted on 02/21/2005 6:24:17 PM PST by stevio (Let Freedom Ring!)
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To: wardaddy

LOL! It's been a while for you hasn't it? :o)


44 posted on 02/21/2005 7:15:48 PM PST by cyborg (http://mentalmumblings.blogspot.com/)
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To: Republicanprofessor

I am hoping to see them before they go....I happen to love Christo.


45 posted on 02/21/2005 7:44:57 PM PST by Katya (Homo Nosce Te Ipsum)
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To: Republicanprofessor

This "art" does nothing but obscure what is truly beautiful - the park. Olmstead is the artist here, not Christo.


46 posted on 02/21/2005 8:45:17 PM PST by LibFreeOrDie (How do you spell dynasty? P-A-T-R-I-O-T-S!)
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Thanks for your take. Christo does have a unique vision and the first impulse is always to laugh, but like his California Umbrellas, people who actually see his installations are moved and impressed.

I love the fact that he and Jean Claude were born on the same day, have the same passion for his art and have stayed in love for all these years. La ve a belle!

48 posted on 02/21/2005 11:36:04 PM PST by Deb (Beat him, strip him and bring him to my tent!)
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Jean Claude is a man's name. Christo's wife is Jeanne-Claude :-)


49 posted on 02/21/2005 11:45:17 PM PST by xm177e2 (Stalinists, Maoists, Ba'athists, Pacifists: Why are they always on the same side?)
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To: Deb

Et la vie est belle, aussi. 8~)


50 posted on 02/22/2005 12:36:42 AM PST by Dr. Eckleburg (There are very few shades of gray.)
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To: Yehuda

Great night shots! Thanks. I didn't see them at that time.


51 posted on 02/22/2005 3:31:12 AM PST by Republicanprofessor (10)
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52 posted on 02/22/2005 9:58:04 AM PST by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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Mmmmm. Now that's art!


53 posted on 02/22/2005 10:06:53 AM PST by techcor (DUmmy screed: "To insanity, and beyond!")
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Oh...that's a woman?????

Nevermind.

54 posted on 02/22/2005 1:46:58 PM PST by Deb (Beat him, strip him and bring him to my tent!)
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**kiss-kiss**

55 posted on 02/22/2005 1:48:42 PM PST by Deb (Beat him, strip him and bring him to my tent!)
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**kiss-kiss**

Thanks. I needed that today. 8~)

Merci

56 posted on 02/22/2005 2:05:48 PM PST by Dr. Eckleburg (There are very few shades of gray.)
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