Christo Vladimirov Javacheff, known simply as Christo, was a Bulgarian artist renowned for his environmental installations using fabric. "I am an artist, and I have to have courage ... Do you know that I don't have any artworks that exist?" he once said. "They all go away when they're finished. Only the preparatory drawings, and collages are left, giving my works an almost legendary character. I think it takes much greater courage to create things to be gone than to create things that will remain." Born in 1935 in Gabrovo, Bulgaria, he studied at the Sofia Academy of Fine Arts in Sofia and the Vienna Fine Arts Academy in Vienna. Christo passed away in 2020 in New York City, United States. He made his home in New York City, United States. His...