Yves Klein was a French artist and an important figure in post-war European art. He was a leading member of the French artistic movement of Nouveau réalisme founded in 1960 by art critic Pierre Restany. Klein was a pioneer in the development of performance art, and is seen as an inspiration to and as a forerunner of minimal art, as well as pop art.
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Fire Painting, 1961 - Yves Klein - WikiArt.org
Leap into the Void (1960)
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Anthropometry of the Blue Period
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Yves Klein | Anthropometry of the Blue Period (ANT 82) (1960) | Artsy
Untitled blue monochrome (IKB 82)
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Anthropométrie sans titre (ANT 154)
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People begin to fly (1961)
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People begin to fly, 1961 - Yves Klein - WikiArt.org
“At present, I am particularly excited by "bad taste." I have the deep feeling that there exists in the very essence of bad taste a power capable of creating those things situated far beyond what is traditionally termed "The Work of Art." I wish to play with human feeling, with its "morbidity" in a cold and ferocious manner.”
Yves Klein
Apr 28, 1928 - Jun 6, 1962