"Christo and Jeanne-Claude were an artist couple that were both born on June 13, 1935. Christo studied at the Fine Arts Academy in Sofia and Jeanne-Claude went to school in France and Switzerland at the University of Tunis. They met in Paris in 1958 when Christo was commissioned to do a portrait of Jeanne-Claude's mother.
Although their work was visually impressive and often controversial as a result of its scale, the artists have repeatedly denied that their projects contain any deeper meaning than their immediate aesthetic impact. The purpose of their art, they contend, is simply to create works of art or joy beauty and to create new ways of seeing familiar landscapes." - Christo & Jeanne-Claude
