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They define themselves as environmental artists ("Labels are important mostly for bottles of wine") who "borrow space and create gentle disturbances for a few days. But, they say, their work is not about improving the landscape. Rather, "It is interpretation. Claude Monet painted the Cathedral of Rouen. One of his paintings is pink, one blue, one yellow. He never says that the cathedral is not beautiful. He makes an interpretation of the Cathedral of Rouen. This is art." [http://painting.about.com/b/2006/11/04/interview-with-the-artists-christo-and-jeanne-claude.htm] --[[User:Joaquín Martínez]], [[User talk:Joaquín Martínez|talk]] 18:37, 14 May 2008 (EDT)
They define themselves as environmental artists ("Labels are important mostly for bottles of wine") who "borrow space and create gentle disturbances for a few days. But, they say, their work is not about improving the landscape. Rather, "It is interpretation. Claude Monet painted the Cathedral of Rouen. One of his paintings is pink, one blue, one yellow. He never says that the cathedral is not beautiful. He makes an interpretation of the Cathedral of Rouen. This is art." [http://painting.about.com/b/2006/11/04/interview-with-the-artists-christo-and-jeanne-claude.htm] --[[User:Joaquín Martínez]], [[User talk:Joaquín Martínez|talk]] 18:37, 14 May 2008 (EDT)
:Perhaps we're missing the metaphor [[User:Joaquín Martínez|Joaquín Martínez]] is shooting for: The earth, the island itself is the canvas, the fabrics and their colors the "paints".
:If the "sculptures" that Christo creates are seen, not as a three dimensional work but rather as a 3-dimensional work masquerading ''as'' a two-dimensional work which is what a painting is at heart. Perhaps a compromise could be reached by creating a sub header realizing this? [[User talk:MargeryCampbell|Marge]] 18:45, 14 May 2008 (EDT)