Gettin’ Carried Away

Q: What’s snowy, orange and full of trees?
A: Central Park from February 12 – 27, 2005

In 2005, Artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude constructed a massive art installation made up of 7,503 metal gates that were spread across 23 miles of paths in Central Park. While I am not sure what the point of The Gates instillation was, I’m happy I was able to see it. After all, it was the largest artwork since the SPHINX! Many New Yorkers offered mixed reactions to them. Some said it defaced the landscape, and others claimed it was a hazardous distraction to runners and bikers. To me, the bright orange (aka saffron) flags that waved in the cool breeze brightened up the bleak, wintery appearance of the park.