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Great content and amazing layout design
Wonderful display of Klein's work and great indepth content. A must buy for a fan of Yves Klein! ... Read more

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Yves Klein: Air Architecture is not about Leap Into the Void, the 1960 photograph of Yves Klein diving out the second story of a building. Rather, it presents the architectural projects and theories of the French conceptual artist in the context of current tendencies toward immateriality in architecture, design, and art. This volume includes reproductions of drawings and other works from the Yves Klein Archive in Paris, as well as essays offering both historical and contemporary perspectives on the artist's work. This will be the first publication and accompanying exhibition focused solely on this body of Klein's work. Also included are the first English translation of Klein's lecture at the Sorbonne in 1959, along with related writings. Essays articulate the importance of Klein's work on the subject of immateriality and cite the evolution of this idea from the 1950s through today. A visual essay illustrates this evolution with examples of works by late modern and contemporary architects, designers, and artists.

Edited by Peter Noever.~Essays by Beatriz Colomina, Julie Carson, SylvèreLotringer, Peter Noever, François Perrinand Michael Speaks.

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This digital document is an article from Artforum International, published by Artforum International Magazine, Inc. on March 1, 2005. The length of the article is 2134 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Yves Klein: Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt.
Author: Yve-Alain Bois
Publication: Artforum International (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 1, 2005
Publisher: Artforum International Magazine, Inc.
Volume: 43Issue: 7Page: 229(2)

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This digital document is an article from Discourse (Detroit, MI), published by Wayne State University Press on September 22, 2002. The length of the article is 6561 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: "Sorry for having to make you suffer": body, spectator, and the gaze in the performances of Yves Klein, Gina Pane, and Orlan.
Author: Anja Zimmermann
Publication: Discourse (Detroit, MI) (Refereed)
Date: September 22, 2002
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Volume: 24Issue: 3Page: 27(21)

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During his all-too-brief career, the French artist Yves Klein created an air of excitement and risk that has rarely been seen before or since. Klein was not afraid to offend or to be oblique; he challenged and questioned everything he encountered, driven by the belief that the truth was his own. The result of this determination was an oeuvre of editions, manifestoes, paintings, and sculptures that were years ahead of their time. This catalogue raisonn exhaustively documents the entirety of Klein's editions with striking color reproductions-the emphasis is, of course, on Klein's unparalleled shades of blue-and an essay by French critic Pierre Restany that rises to the occasion of speaking about Klein's awe-inspiring body of work as a whole. ... Read more

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Excellent introduction to important 20th century artist
This small book is an excellent introduction to one of the most important 20th century artists, written by Pierre Restany, a distinguished French critic and a close friend of the artist who died in 1962. It is a first-hand account focusing on one of Klein's most poetic works, his paintings done with fire. A great book for art educators and art lovers alike. ... Read more