Christo and Jeanne-Claude

Surrounded Islands by Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida, 1980-83

This is not dis-similar to artist Robert Smithson in his work spiral jetty, both involving key elements of water in the art. To look at the picture it looks incredibly ephemeral as if it could float away, almost like a piece of gold leaf. Christo's wrapping features lie flat on the surface unlike his wrapping of building which are more 3D. There's a certain stillness in the water and to an extent it has a feel of a floating reef with the trees almost being coral.

Dan Graham

New Housing Project, Staten Island. 1978
Two photographs of a housing development are juxtaposed in this work. On showing a backyard with garden table and chairs. The other one is the entrance. This was one of many works which Graham made of mass-produced housing estates that had been built to create a new suburban landscape in post-war America. He examines their use of space and materials, their relationship to the environment and their effect on people's lives. Talking about making the art, this council estate i suppose was the art as he was examining the materials and its effect on society. This was Grahams chosen site specific. Cannot find photographs.