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Yves Klein Biography
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1928 |
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Born: Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France
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1942 - 1946 |
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studied at Ecole Nationale de la Marine Marchande, and Ecole Nationale des Langues Orientales, France
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1949 |
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composed "The Monotone-Silence Symphony" that consisted of a single 20-minute sustained chord followed by a 20-minute silence: influenced the development of Minimalism
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1955 |
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moved to Paris
one of Klein's monochrome canvas is rejected by the Salon des Realites Nouvelles, Paris
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1957 |
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beginning of the artist's "Blue Period", or "Epoque bleue"
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1959 |
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He sells his first 'zones de sensibilite picturale immatrielle' at the prix of 20 grams of fine gold: the buyer received a certificate of property conceived and signed by Yves Klein. The gold powder was then thrown in the air and the buyer had to destroy his receipt. This transaction which seemed far from an artistic preoccupation consisted of the sensibility of the 'acquirer' to the idea of the first : the immaterial sensibility of emptiness.
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1960 |
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(27th October) founded the "Nouveau Realisme" group in Klein's apartment; founding members were Arman, Francois Dufrene, Raymond Hains, Yves Klein, Martial Raysse, Daniel Spoerri, Jean Tinguely , Jacques Villegle, with Niki de Saint-Phalle, Christo and Duchamp joining later.
The artist trademarked the blue that he uses under the name 'International Klein Blue' (IKB)
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1962 |
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Died: Cannes, France on June 6, 1962 (at age 34)
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2008
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Skulpturen im Blickpunkt, Stadtische Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim
Person of The Crowd: The Contemporary Art of Flanerie, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY
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2007
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Declaring Space- The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX
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2006
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Zero, Musee d'Art moderne de saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne
Marie Raymond & Yves Klein, Ludwig Museum im Deutschherrenhaus, Koblenz
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2003
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Art, lies and Videotape: Exposing Performance, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool (England)
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2002
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Hommage a Francois Pluchart, FRAC - Bourgogne, Dijon
Jean le Jeune, Museum Tinguely, Basel
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2001
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il Dono, Palazzo delle Papesse - Centro Arte Contemporanea, Siena
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2000
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Action/Performance Photography, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wihcita, KS
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1999
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inter esse, galerie stadtpark, Krems
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1998
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KolnSkulptur, Skulpturenpark Koln, Cologne
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1998
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Lisbon, Galeria Antonio Prates, "Yves Klein"
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1997
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Oslo, National Museum of Contemporary Art (and traveling) "Yves Klein"
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1995
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"Yves Klein," Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia in Madrid, the Hayward Gallery in London and the Museum Ludwig in Cologne
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1994
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Cologne, Museum Ludwig (and traveling), "Yves Klein"
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1992
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RENN, Espace d'Art Contemporain in Paris (solo)
the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles (solo)
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1990
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"Yves Klein: Triptychon 1960," Kunsthalle Basel in Basel, Switzerland
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1982
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The Rice Museum in Houston holds a major exhibition of Klein's work that later travels to the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York
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1974
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"Yves Klein, 1928-1962: Selected Writings," Tate Gallery, London, England
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1973
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"Fruhe Gelbe, Schwarze, Weisse, Orange, Grune: Bilder von Yves Klein," Kaiser Wilhelm Museum in Krefeld, Germany
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1970
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Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna in Turin (solo)
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1969
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"Yves Klein: 1928-1962," Musee d'Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France
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1968
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"Yves Klein in Nurnberg," Kunsthalle Nurnberg
"Yves Klein," Louisiana Museum in Humlebaek
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1965
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Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam (solo retrospective)
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1963
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Kaiser Wilhelm Museum in Krefeld and the Svensk- Franska Konstgalleriet in Stockholm (solo)
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1962
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He stages a performance at the Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville in Paris. He participates in the Antagonismes: L'Objet exhibition at the Musee d'Arts Decoratifs in Paris.
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1961
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"Yves Klein: Monochrome + Feuer" Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, Germany
Leo Castelli, New York, New York (solo)
"'A 40' au-dessus de Dada" Galerie J., Paris, France
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1960
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(February 23) "Celebration d'une nouvelle Ere anthropometrique" at his home; the artist created more "performance prints" with two nude models and blue paint, titling this: Celebration d'une nouvelle Ere anthropometrique (Celebration of a New Anthropometric Period)
"Antagonisms" Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France
(March 9): Anthropometries de l'Epoque bleue (Anthropometries of the Blue Period), International Gallery of Contemporary Art, 253, rue Saint-Honore, Paris. This time the artist employed three nude models who covered themselves with (IKB) blue paint, danced to the artist's original choreographed ballet and threw themselves against large sheets of paper fastened to the walls and laid upon the floor
"Les Nouvelles Realistes," Galleria Apollinaire, Milan
"Yves-le monochrome" Galerie Rive Droite, Paris
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1958
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(June 5): first experiments with the "living brushes" technique in Robert Godet's apartment on Ile Saint-Louis in Paris. Yves covered in blue paint the naked body of a young woman, who, through a series of rotating movements, left her bodily prints on a sheet of paper set on the floor, until the support was fully saturated. The result was a blue monochrome
"La Specialisation de la sensibilite a l'etat matiere premiere en sensibilite picturale stabilisee" (solo), Galerie Iris Clert, Paris, France
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1957
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'Proposte Monochrome;Epoca Blu,' Galleria Apollinaire, Milan (solo)
Micro-Salon d'Avril (solo), Galerie Iris Clert, Paris
"Yves-le monochrome" at Galerie Alfred Schmela, Dusseldorf, Germany and Gallery One, London, England
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1956
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'Yves: Propositions Monochromes,' Galerie Colette Allendy
Order of the Knights of St. Sebastian represented at the Festival d'Art d'Avant, Garde, Marseilles, France
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1954
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private exhibition in Madrid, Spain
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1952 - 1953
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holds a private exhibition in while visiting in Tokyo, Japan
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1950
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held first private show of small monochrome paintings in his room in Paris
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| Literature |
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2000
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Annette Kahn, "Le maitre du bleu, Yves Klein", editions Stock, Paris
Jeanne-Paul Ledeur, Yves Klein, "Catalogue Raisonne des Editions et Sculptures", Knokke-le-Zoute
Nicolas Charlet, Yves Klein, Paris
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1998
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Exh. Cat., Lisbon, Galeria Antonio Prates, "Yves Klein"
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1997
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Exh. Cat., Oslo, National Museum of Contemporary Art (and traveling) "Yves Klein"
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1994
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Exh. Cat., Cologne, Museum Ludwig (and traveling),"Yves Klein"
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1990
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Pierre Restany, Yves Klein : "le feu au coeur du vide" (La Difference) Paris
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1984
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Sidra Stich, "Yves Klein", Stuttgart, Germany
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1983
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Catherine Millet, Yves Klein, Art Press (Flammarion) Paris
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1982
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Pierre Restany, "Yves Klein", Paris
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1969
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Paul Wember, "Yves Klein", Cologne,Germany
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1959
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Texte de Yves Klein: Le de passement de la problematique de l'art (d. Montbliart)
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