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A German citizens' group had advocated unsuccessfully for the project in 1978. The focus on a building, which still held deep German national identity symbolism prior to reunification, would have required unavailable political will. In 1989 Rita Süssmuth, the newly elected President of the Bundestag, expressed interest in a project,[1] that had been rejected three times across six Bundestag presidents over a period of 24 years. From 1991 onwards she supported the artist couple's plans giving them a concrete perspective for the first time.[2] On 26 February 1994 the vote count at the Bundestag was 292 for and 223 votes against the project.[3]
Wrapped Reichstag mounted in 1995 for two weeks as 100,000 square meters of the silvery looking fabric fastened with blue rope draped the building. The Reichstag, which had not been in legislative use since the ominous Reichstag fire of 1933, was later reconstructed for parliamentary use in 1999.[4]
Christo described the Reichstag wrapping as autobiographical.[5] The art project became symbolic of unified Germany and marked Berlin's return as a world city.[6]The Guardian posthumously described the work as Christo's and Jeanne-Claude's "most spectacular achievement".[7]
Fineberg, Jonathan David (2004). "The Reichstag". Christo and Jeanne-Claude: On the Way to The Gates, Central Park, New York City. Yale University Press. pp.48–50. ISBN978-0-300-10405-9.
Jelavich, Peter (1995). "The Wrapped Reichstag: From Political Symbol to Artistic Spectacle". German Politics & Society. 13 (4 (37)): 110–127. ISSN1045-0300. JSTOR23736267.
Henning Ritter: Die Liebe der Massen zur Kunst. Christos Triumph. 1995. In: Die Wiederkehr der Wunderkammer. Über Kunst und Künstler, Hanser, Berlin 2014, S. 240–247.
