Working side-by-side since the 1960s to conceive and create works away from the places traditionally intended for artistic production, Christo and Jeanne-Claude have formed a perfect partnership, working in urban and rural environments, transforming objects, buildings, or landscapes, making the project and the action breathe as one, coming together in a new aesthetic dimension.

Created to accompany a 2006 exhibition at The Museo d'Arte Moderna in Lugano, Switzerland, Christo and Jeanne-Claude is an extensive retrospective documenting the creative path of these environmental artists who were at the forefront of 20th century art history.

The retrospective, managed by Rudy Chiappini, documents the main themes and moments of the artists' multi-faceted studies — from the first Packages and Wrapped Objects, various objects concealed in cloth and twine created in the late 1950s, to the creation of Store Fronts (1963) and Oil Barrels Structures (1967).

Through preparatory drawings, studies, collages, and scale models, all genuine works of art in their own right, the Lugano exhibition helped to approach the complex connections between the project phases of their works, and see the final transient creations, of which there now remains but a memory and photographs by Wolfgang Volz.

The catalogue is divided into two main sections: the early years of artistic production (1958–1968); and the projects realized in public spaces from 1968 to today. It includes essays by Rudy Chiappini, Albert Elsen, Molly Donovan, and Werner Spies.

Edited by Rudy Chiappini.

Padded cover. 272 pages. 12" × 10".