Yves Klein Blue Print
In 1947 klein began making monochrome paintings which he associated with freedom from ideas of representation or personal expression.
Yves klein blue print. Yves klein is best known for his trademark ultramarine pigment which he patented as international klein blue in 1961. Blue monochrome is one from a dizzying array of innovations that klein pursued in order to cultivate a new aesthetic consciousness. Yves klein blue print. Low price guarantee fast shipping free returns and custom framing options on all prints.
Blue disk c 1957 ikb54 yves klein. Undivided by drawing and seemingly untouched by the artist s hand the radiant field frees color from the confines of form. During his lifetime he created almost 200 blue monochrome works. Klein s blue paintings are beautiful.
Yves klein 1928 1962 was a highly influential conceptual artist. Ikb uses a matte synthetic resin binder which suspends the color and allows the pigment to maintain as much of its original qualities and intensity of color as possible. Klein believed this color had a mystical effect on people. Untitled anthropometry c 1960 ant100 yves klein.
His paintings can be used as an aid to authentic contemplative practice. 24 x 32 multiple sizes. Artist joseph wagner has recreated the famous blue used by yves klein. This colour he believed had a quality close to pure space and he associated it with.
At the club des solitaires in paris klein adorned the walls with intensely vibrant canvases in colors like magenta yellow red and blue. For klein this vibrant colour was a means to immerse the viewer in his own vision of infinity. International klein blue ikb was developed by yves klein in collaboration with edouard adam a parisian art paint supplier whose shop is still in business on the boulevard edgar quinet in montparnasse. A decade later he developed his trademark patented colour international klein blue ikb.
Blue is beyond dimensions whereas the other colors are not he said. He considered to be similar to pure space his patented blue. Electric blue is roaring back into currency and with it the man who stamped his imprimatur and a registered patent onto the shade yves klein. In 1955 yves klein had his first public showing of his monochrome oil paintings presenting a new and controversial form of abstraction that only featured a single color.
His works are powerful but not obtainable most of his recent paintings have sold for. Pure color powder in a lightweight. 28 x 20 multiple sizes. Blue is beyond dimensions whereas the other colors are not he said.
That liberation extends to international klein blue the medium klein developed with a chemist.