European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 6, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page j2 the stars and St types wed Nosiay aprils. 1988 fences places umbrellas May sprout Over Japan California Chris Ito from prs dispatch Christo the unconventional artist whose creations have included fab rec wrapped is lands Ord 3 24v Milc cloth Fence now wants parts or Japan Andson Hern califor Nia to Blossom Ith 3,000 huge umbrellas a Bis Jimart of itis n Cump Man of Dill a Cocci and similarities Between places and people � ill a lol of Affini  Chislo 52, said by Telephone from his studio in now York. His plan Calls for about 1,500 yellow umbrellas. 19.8 feel High and 26.4 fee tin diameter to Blossom Lite California poppies in the Tehart Iqal mountains 60niilci Nim Ili of los Angeles. Al the same time he wants to unfold 1.500 umbrellas identical i capt Blue in the Lush Rural Valley of Japan s irm Rall prefecture 72 Milts North of Tokyo. The project has two pans and will happen Only like that Chislo said of the umbrellas joint project for Japan and the  that s assuming he gets All he Nec Essary government permits and Permis Sion from scores of landowners an raises an estimated million to s1q million. The California legislature Al ready backs him. Like always the permits is the most unknown he said. Nobody can As sume How in what direction they will move. And they probably arc the most consuming in time for decades Bristo has created Art on an epic scale. In 985, he wrapped he Aimos Joo year old Pont neuf Bridge in Paris with 440,000 Square feet of Champagne col ored fabric. Two years earlier he sur rounded 11 islands in Florida s Bis. Canc Bay with 6 million Square feel of shocking Pink polypropylene. In 1976, he used a White translucent fabric to create running  an in foot High Fence that ran like a ribbon across 24 it Miles of Mirin and Sonoma coun ties in Northern Calif Wenli. Not everyone shares his vision. For More than 15 years the Weil German government has refused to let him wrap fabric around the old German parliament the Reich Stag. Chislo Hopes