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Christo
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Chris·to  (krst) Originally Christo Vladimirov Javacheff. Born 1935.
Bulgarian-born American sculptor and experimental artist best known for wrapping objects, especially large-scale items such as whole buildings, in fabric.
Christo [ˈkrɪstəʊ]
n
(Biographies / Christo, Christo Jaracheff (1935 M, US, ARTS AND CRAFTS: artist) full name Christo Jaracheff. born 1935, US artist, born in Bulgaria; best known for works in which he wraps buildings, monuments, or natural features in canvas or plastic


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Because in 1958 a young Bulgarian refugee name Christo Javacheff had to pay his rent and had to eat.
Behind the wrapping by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Christo's statements and interviews were consistent with this scenario if it was understood that his use of the pronoun "I" was equivalent to "we": I think that by "I" he meant "Christo" the artist, not Christo Javacheff the person, allowing himself to be subsumed by his doppelganger, the Christo corporation, which includes the work of Jeanne-Claude.
Disappearance and Photography in Post-Object Art: Christo and ... by GREEN, CHARLES / Afterimage
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