Christo

I have never come across this name before - Christo. Today, when I came across a passing reference, I thought I had check it out. Its unbelievable what he has done. Check out the link on the title.

To entice you to read about it, here is an excerpt from the Encyclopaedia section on this topic featured on answers.com:

The two met in Paris and moved to New York City in 1964. A leading figure in conceptual art, Christo, in collaboration with Jeanne-Claude, has specialized in large-scale temporary outdoor installations. Running Fence (1976), a shimmering fabric curtain, was strung more than 24 mi (39 km) across the rolling N California landscape. Other projects have included surrounding 11 islands in Florida's Biscayne Bay with floating hot-pink fabric (1983), wrapping the Pont Neuf in Paris (1985), concurrent installations of thousands of 20-ft (6-m) tall umbrellas—blue near Tokyo and yellow near Los Angeles (1991), and wrapping Berlin's Reichstag in silvery fabric (1995). On the paths and natural contours of New York City's Central Park the two created (2005) The Gates, a meandering installation of 7,500 saffron-hued rectangular vinyl gates. Each was 16-ft (5-m) tall and hung, to about halfway down, with a pleated nylon panel colored to match, which blew with the wind and shifted color with the changing light.

If you are still reading, check this out - Running Fence. He did this work through Sonoma and Marin County (a lovely place north of Golden Gate Bridge in SF, where we lived for 2 years).