The Specialization of Sensibility in the Raw Material State into Stabilized Pictorial Sensibility, The Void
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"D’abord, il n’y a rien, ensuite un rien profond, puis une profondeur bleue" |
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La spécialisation de la sensibilité à l’état matière première en sensibilité picturale stabilisée, Le Vide (The Specialization of Sensibility in the Raw Material State into Stabilized Pictorial Sensibility, The Void) was an art exhibition by French artist Yves Klein, held at the Iris Clert Gallery from April 12 to May 12 1958[1]. Klein chose to show nothing whatsoever, he removed everything in the art gallery space except a large cabinet, painted every surface white, and then staged an elaborate entrance procedure for the opening night; the gallery's window was painted blue, and a blue curtain was hung in the entrance lobby, accompanied by republican guards and blue cocktails. Thanks to an enormous publicity drive, 3000 people were forced to queue up, waiting to be let into an empty room.
Recently my work with color has led me, in spite of myself, to search little by little, with some assistance (from the observer, from the translator), for the realization of matter, and I have decided to end the battle. My paintings are now invisible and I would like to show them in a clear and positive manner, in my next Parisian exhibition at Iris Clert's.
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