Daniel Nunez Period 2 30 September 2015 Christo and Jeanne Claude and Maya Lin Christo and Jeanne Claude and Maya Lin are two of the most influential contemporary artists of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Maya Lin (American) created one of the most important memorials in American history during her work period from 1982 CE ? present; Christo and (Bulgarian) Jeanne Claude (Morocco) created a famous but temporary work in New York during their artists periods of 1959 ? 2005 CE.