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If you can accept an idea as art, as well as paintings and sculptures, than it would be hard to argue against Christo's work. I respect that he has created a system that allows him to self-finance his visions so he does what he wants no matter how absurd it may seem to others. (He sells his original drawings and blueprints of his installations to collectors to finance his next projects...)
The end result is exactly what happens here, sustained debate as to what is art, the value of art to society, and what nutbag would call that color "saffron"?! We have lost the Pollacks, Warhols, Maplethorpes, and this weekend we lost Hunter S. Thompson. We need these people who throw things against the walls to make noise, there are very few left it seems.
Don't underestimate the value of an original idea - most of us will never be lucky enough to have one, let alone the balls to do something about it.
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Oft expectation fails...
and most oft there Where most it promises
- Shakespeare, W.
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