Born in 1935, Christo is one of the best-known livingartists. However, the art he is famous for could never fitnside a museum. He is an"environmental artist" whochanges the look of a place on a very large scale, oftenwith colorful fabric, 1 allowingpeople to look at that place in a new wayChristo worked closely alongside his wife, Jeanne-Claudefrom their marriage in 1958 until her death in 2009Once the couple had settled on an artistic idea, it took anincredible amount of planning, work, and money in orderto turn their 2 into3. Some examples of theirlarge-scale works areSurrounded Islands(1983). Eleven islands in Miamiwere surrounded by 600,000 square meters(6.5 millionsquare feet) of floating pink fabric.The Gates(2005). In New York City's Central Park, 7, 503metal gates with orange fabric 4from them were set up along the park's pathwaysChristos 5 project is calledThe Mastaba, a structure made of over 400,000 oil barrelsbuilt at Al Gharbia, 160 kilometers (100 miles)fromAbu Dhabi.