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“Meter Maids.” I want the movie to
have a strong feminist message.
DN: Is there a certain message
that you are trying to send with your
film - besides the subject matter? j
PD: I talked for many hours last
week with a director from
Hollywood, and he told me about his
experiences with making films. I
never really understood why he
always played by the rules, though. I
never understood why he talked
about doing films so long, but never
did them until recently. < '
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wind and go forth with reckless
abandon because even if you fall flat
on your face you will learn so much
from the process. Sometimes you
have to take a risk to reacbybur
dreams, or to reach someone with
your work.
With Alexander Payne wrapping
up “Election,” starring Matthew
Broderick, in Omaha, and various
fledgling film groups spawning at
UNL, there is hope that a few more
people like Patrick Delin will decide
to break for greatness without leav
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WORLD-RENOWNED ARTISTS Christo and Jeanne-Claude sign autographs after a slide presentation at the
Sheldon Riemorial Art Oallery Monday night. The couple spoke to a full house.
Couple’s art skirts into Sheldon
By Sean McCarthy
Assignment Reporter
Too much is never enough, just
ask experimental artists Christo
and Jeanne-Claude.
The two have known each other
for more thah 30 years. In that
time, they have surrounded an
entire island with pink fabric,
wrapped a bridge in Paris and cur
tained a valley in Colorado.
Now, their works can be seen in
a series of slides and sketches at
the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery
through Jan. 4.
Monday night, the two artists
appeared at the gallery for a slide
presentation and a book-signing
session.
Ambition started early for the
two. In 1969, the duo used 2800
square feet of drop-cloth for their
piece, Wrapped,;Floor, and
. .Stair way’C at the "Museum of
Contemporary Art in Chicago.
“We create them because we
want to create works of art and
joy,” Jeanne-Cristo said. “There is
no political message.”
In 1983, the two artists created
what is arguably their most striking
work. In die Biscayne Bay, near the
Greater Miami area, the fabric
fetish of the two resulted in a cou
ple of islands surrounded with a
hot-pink-red polypropylene. More
than 6 % million square feet of the
pink fabric was used.
In -1991, the two artists
stretched 18 miles of huge, yellow
umbrellas in California. In the
same year, 1340 blue umbrellas
were placed in Japan. The enor
mous project cost Jeanne-Claude
and Christo a whopping $26 mil
lion. Jeanne-Claude shrugged off
how they paid for the excursion.
“We receive the money from
Ihe sale of Cristo’s original brand
of art,” she said.
TMt original ajrt includes
sketches Cristo has drawn. Private
collectors and museums have
given them enough funds to com
plete the projects on which they’ve
worked. The t^o make it a policy
not to accept any money fron%
sponsors. By doing this, they have
complete control over their work -
for the most part.
Obtaining permits from gov
ernmental agencies, private'
landowners and park commissions
has been the hardest part of their
job, Jeanne-Claude said. Wrapping
the Pont Neuf bridge in Paris took
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more than 10 years to develop,
mostly due to bureaucratic red
tape. In some cases, the two have
lost interested in a project even
after getting approval because the
process took so long.
To get such a high volume pro
duced, Jeanne-Claude and Cristo
have factories all over the world
produce their fabrics. The couple
insists on hiring and paying each
worker, which can add up to a lot.
The umbrella project employed
2250 workers, not including those
who produced the fabric in the fac
tories.
“Stone ahd steel doesn’t create
an inviting element,” Cristo said.
“The fabric is extremely inviting.”
JTh£ traveling exhibit draws
from the Collection of Thomas"
Golden, who has worked with the
two artists since 1976. The exhibit
itself is sponsored by the Nebraska
chance to view the collection of the
two artists up close, Jeanne-Claude ^
stressed the huge undertakings
were for their own pleasure, not
necessarily ‘ego,’” she said.
“We do it for us and our collab
orators, hof the public,” she said.
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