For 10 points, name this installation artist who went on to wrap the Reichstag and other buildings before installing over seven thousand saffron- colored gates in Central Park.
He defected from Bulgaria during the Cold War and ended up in Paris. There he ran afoul of the police for blocking off a side street as an artistic protest against the Berlin Wall. Despite that inauspicious start, he and his partner later veiled the Pont Neuf, Paris's oldest bridge, with sand-colored fabric. For 10 points, name this installation artist who went on to wrap the Reichstag and other buildings before installing over seven thousand saffron- colored gates in Central Park.
He defected from Bulgaria during the Cold War and ended up in Paris.
{Christo} Javacheff