Air Package, Project for the Garden of the Museum of Modern Art, New York City 1968

This sculpture, "Air Package, Project for the Garden of the Museum of Modern Art, New York City" was made by Christo. Wow, what a tantalizing object, a glimpse into what could have been! I imagine Christo carefully wrapping this giant orb in translucent material, like a birthday gift for the city. Is it a weather balloon, a swollen cloud, or a giant dumpling ready to burst? It looks tense; wrapped and tied with twine, a web of brown lines against the hazy gray globe. It's like he's trying to contain something wild and amorphous. You can almost feel the air pushing against its restraints, wanting to escape. The light catches the surface in such a way that it appears inflated and ghostly all at once. I can see Christo and his partner, Jeanne-Claude, chuckling as they plan this monumental spectacle in miniature, dreaming of transforming the familiar into the extraordinary. Artists like Christo remind us that art isn't just about pretty pictures, it's about disrupting our expectations and making us question the world around us. It’s about artists dreaming out loud and sharing those dreams with us.