Yves Klein: Fire at the Heart of the Void (Art & Knowledge) - Softcover

Restany, Pierre

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0882145649 ISBN 13: 9780882145648

Publisher: Spring Publications, 2005

Synopsis

Restany's groundbreaking, exegetic study show show the myth of fire was the culmination of the artist's quest for the immaterial. The visionary French conceptual artist and "painter of the Void" Yves Klein (1928–1962) was an artist with a keen philosophical mind, yet deeply spiritual.

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About the Author

PIERRE RESTANY (1930-2003) was a French art critic best known for championing the artists he dubbed the Nouveaux Realistes, which included Yves Klein, Jean Tinguely, Arman, Raymond Hains, and Niki de Saint Phalle. Restany's impassioned writing and organizational energy was a crucial factor in the movement's success. Following the dissolution of the group in 1963, Restany became a peripatetic critic, curator and magazine editor, contributing regularly to the Italian review DOMUS and publishing numerous books and countless catalogue essays. When the experimental exhibition space Palais de Tokyo opened in Paris in 2002, he was named its president, an honor that acknowledged his relevance to a new generation of socially oriented French artists and critics. His books include YVES KLEIN; L'AUTRE FACE DE L'ART; and UNE VIE DANS L'ART.

Edition details

• Publisher: Spring Publications
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0882145649
• ISBN 13: 9780882145648
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 132