Yves Klein

“ ..Hence, in his Anthropometries, one of his best-known series, Klein executes the painterly act as a bodily, carnal action, though not that of the artist but rather of the bodies of models, covered in paint... ”

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MUAC, Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporaneo

“ ..Through these and other experiments Klein aimed to reach “beyond the problematic in art” and rethink the world in spiritual and aesthetic terms, creating a pivotal transition between modern art’s concern... ”

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Walker Art Center

“ ..Self-identified as “the painter of space,” he sought to achieve immaterial spirituality through pure color (primarily an ultramarine blue of his own invention—International Klein Blue)... ”

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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution

“ .. Klein’s vision was to express absolute immateriality and infinite space through pure colour... ”

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Tate Liverpool

“ .. The artist is perhaps best known for his own invented colour, International Klein Blue (IKB) used across many of his works... ”

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Tate Liverpool