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Yves Klein: Japan (Hardcover)
Yves Klein; Text written by Denys Riout, Terhi Genevrier-Tausti
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This is the first complete collection of the writings of the
visonary French conceptual artist Yves Klein (1928-1962) to be
published in English translation. Klein was an artist with a keen
philosophical mind, yet deeply spiritual. Inspired by his study of
the Japanese Kata (the abstract movements in Judo), Rosicrucian
cosmogony, alchemy, and the phenomenological and psychological
philosophies that emerged during his lifetime (particularly the
writings of Gaston Bachelard), he constructed his vision of a
future art that would purify the soul and society from the ashes of
painting.>
This volume offers a compelling examination of the surprising
conceptual and visual correspondences between the works of these
two pivotal artists known for their innovative practices. Klein
(1928-1962) was a major figure in postwar art who opened up new
possibilities for material, conceptual and performative expression,
often touching on the metaphysical. Hammons (born 1943) is a
conceptual artist whose works in performance, installation,
sculpture, printmaking and other media confront contemporary
realities with an often hard-hitting wit. This publication aims not
to draw out any notion of influence or direct correlation between
these bodies of work, but rather to elucidate a resonance between
two artists who both engage transformative processes to invest the
humblest of everyday materials with deep aesthetic significance.
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