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I liked his work There was a 60 minutes episode long ago about him and his wife, probably the 80s. It seemed pretty clear she raised the money. What I remember
by asiachick 6y ago
I liked his work
There was a 60 minutes episode long ago about him and his wife, probably the 80s. It seemed pretty clear she raised the money. What I remember most is that they, or her, were good at hobnobbing with the rich and getting them to donate millions for these projects. A single project might cost $20 million and to make it they might raise $40 million (and this was 1980s dollars)
- LanceH 6y agoIn the, "I could have painted that" line -- I've always been more impressed that someone could raise the money and get the permits/clearances to do a lot of these things.
- ponker 6y agoI hope that with sculpture and large scale installation art there aren't as many people who say "I could have done that." The job is more engineering than art, coming up with materials that can say, drape over a building with sharp projecting features but also be light enough not to pull down the structure itself, etc. Large sculpture even more so.
- georgeek 6y agoC&JC figured a way to finance their projects through a few big landmark donations along with a proto Kickstarter campaign. They would sell numbered plans and drawings with a deep discount before the event happens. They had different support tiers ranging from postcard to one of the first ten copies of each plan and have a thriving community of collectors.
- ncr100 6y agoI would like to see what they do for his burial site.