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"Klein International Blue" is the opening track on the Sandy Dirt EP, a collaboration between Al Larsen of Some Velvet Sidewalk, and Scottish group The Pastels, released in 1995 by the Domino Recording Company. Dutch artist Joost Klein designed a suit in International Klein Blue to wear in the videoclip and performance for Europapa, the song ...
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.
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. He is known for the development and use of International Klein Blue.
Klein stated that he conceived the idea for the work in 1947 (as written on the score) or 1949 (in interviews and texts). [4] In the first public performance in 1960, three naked models on stage were painted with International Klein Blue body paint during the performance, and left imprints of their bodies on canvas. [2] [4]
He wrote his theses on Brâncuși and Yves Klein; [17] although colour blind, he wrote the final thesis on International Klein Blue (IKB), which he has described as being highly emotional, and which he can always distinguish from others. [18] While at Cambridge, Redmayne was a member of the University Pitt Club. [19]
Klein later patented this recipe to maintain the "authenticity of the pure idea". [32] This colour, reminiscent of the lapis lazuli used to paint the Madonna's robes in medieval paintings, was to become famous as "International Klein Blue" (IKB). The paintings were attached to poles placed 20 cm away from the walls to increase their spatial ...
October–December – Henri Matisse's 1953 paper-cut Le Bateau is hung upside down in the Museum of Modern Art in New York. First Fluxus event organised by George Maciunas at the AG Gallery in New York. [1] Yves Klein patents [2] his use of International Klein Blue.