Published by Just an Idea, 2026
Hardcover, 96 pages
20 x 26 cm | 7.9 x 10. 25 in
Foreword by Vladimir Yavachev
Limited edition of 400
ISBN: 9782492589294
From the publisher:
CHRISTO AND JEANNE-CLAUDE LIVED AND WORKED
IN A BUILDING IN SOHO – “FIVE FLOORS! NO LIFT!” – FOR OVER 50 YEARS. A FEW MONTHS AFTER CHRISTO PASSED AWAY IN 2020, MARC AZOULAY, PHOTOGRAPHER AND JR’S STUDIO DIRECTOR, MADE THIS INTIMATE RECORD OF 48 HOWARD STREET, THE ARTIST COUPLE’S VERY OWN SITE-SPECIFIC INSTALLATION OF ART AND LIFE.
About the artist:
MARC AZOULAY IS A PRODUCER, CURATOR AND PHOTOGRAPHER BASED BETWEEN PARIS AND NEW YORK. SINCE 2011, HE HAS BEEN THE STUDIO DIRECTOR AND MAIN PRODUCER FOR FRENCH ARTIST JR, HELPING PRODUCE PUBLIC ART PROJECTS, EXHIBITIONS, FILMS AND BOOKS AROUND THE WORLD. THIS LONG-TERM COLLABORATION PLACES HIM AT THE CENTER OF JR’S LARGE-SCALE, SITE-SPECIFIC WORKS, COORDINATING COMPLEX PRODUCTIONS THAT ENGAGE COMMUNITIES AND TRANSFORM PUBLIC SPACE. ALONGSIDE HIS PRODUCTION WORK, MARC HAS SPENT YEARS PHOTOGRAPHING THE LIFE SURROUNDING ARTISTS. THIS BOOK, DRAWN FROM TIME SPENT INSIDE CHRISTO AND JEANNE-CLAUDE’S STUDIO, IS A PERSONAL VISUAL ARCHIVE SHAPED BY ADMIRATION AND A FASCINATION FOR SPACES OF CREATION AND MEMORY.
