Where Is Surrounded Islands (Project for Biscayne Bay)?

Q: Where can I see Surrounded Islands documentation?

Preparatory drawings and photographs are at the Pérez Art Museum Miami. The museum received sixteen Christo and Jeanne-Claude works as a gift in 2019.

Q: What was Surrounded Islands?

Christo and Jeanne-Claude wrapped eleven islands in Biscayne Bay with 6.5 million square feet of floating pink fabric in May 1983. The installation lasted only two weeks but transformed Miami's waterscape into a massive artwork.

Christo and Jeanne-Claude wrapped eleven islands in Biscayne Bay with 6.5 million square feet of floating pink fabric in May 1983. The ephemeral artwork lasted just two weeks but transformed Miami's waterscape.

This preparatory drawing shows the artists' detailed planning process. The project required years of negotiations, environmental studies, and engineering solutions before the brief installation.

The Pérez Art Museum Miami received sixteen Christo and Jeanne-Claude works as a gift in 2019, documenting one of Miami's most iconic art moments.

Preparatory drawings and photographs are at the Pérez Art Museum Miami. The museum received sixteen Christo and Jeanne-Claude works as a gift in 2019.

Christo and Jeanne-Claude wrapped eleven islands in Biscayne Bay with 6.5 million square feet of floating pink fabric in May 1983. The installation lasted only two weeks but transformed Miami's waterscape into a massive artwork.

Years. The project required extensive negotiations with local government, environmental impact studies, and engineering solutions before the brief two-week installation. This detailed planning process was typical of Christo and Jeanne-Claude's large-scale environmental works.

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