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International Klein Blue (IKB) is a deep blue hue first mixed by French artist Yves Klein. IKB's visual impact comes from its heavy reliance on ultramarine, as well as Klein's often thick and textured application of paint to canvas. IKB 191 (1962), one of a number of works Klein painted with International Klein Blue
The song was inspired by Klein, particularly the titular International Klein Blue. The Manics' bassist and lyricist Nicky Wire told the Quietus ""There was a joy to 'International Blue' that we weren't sure we could convey any more, the feeling of being in love with something like Yves Klein, to pass on the joy of that colour and that vividness ...
IKB 79 is a painting by French artist Yves Klein, made in 1959. It is one of his monochrome series of around 200. It uses a shade of blue that he developed, International Klein Blue, based on the pigment ultramarine. The painting has the dimensions of 139.7 by 119.7 cm. It is held at the Tate Modern, in London. [1] [2]
Klein in his final years had assembled a group of three colours who were more significant to him, blue, more exactly his own International Klein Blue, gold and pink. This trilogy could be interpreted as having a religious symbology, similar to the Christian concept of the Trinity. He created several paintings using each one of these three colours.
A blue cocktail was also served, a combination of gin, Cointreau, and methylene blue, which, much to Klein's surprise and delight, caused his patrons to urinate blue the next day. The event was an undeniable success, if only by numbers alone. Klein later recalls that by 9:30, "The whole place is packed, the corridor is full, the gallery as well."
ANT 82, Blue Age Anthropometry (original French title ANT 82, Anthropométrie de l'époque bleue) is a painting by French artist Yves Klein, created in 1960. Purchased in 1984, this work is part of the collection of the Musée National d'Art Moderne , in Paris .
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Klein in his last months worked in creating the series of Fire-Color paintings, using fully wet female models, who he would direct about how to position themselves in a canvas, and whose wet silhouettes would be then marked by fire, with the use a flame-thrower, carried by the artist himself. [2] [3] Rotraut Klein-Moquay, his then wife, later ...