| Description |
1 online resource (207 pages) |
| Series |
Reaktion Books - Critical Lives |
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Reaktion Books - Critical Lives
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| Contents |
Cover; Yves Klein; Imprint Page; Contents; Introduction: Klein the Paradox ; 1. Living on the Axis: Bourgeois and Bohemian, 1928-48; 2. In Search of 'Self ': Becoming a Judoka/Artist, 1948-52; 3. Assuming the Pose: Yves Klein Fourth Dan, 1952-4; 4. 'Painter', 1954-5; 5. Avant-garde Artist, 1955-7; 6. Charlatan, 1957-8; 7. Collaborator, 1957-61; 8. Middle-class Mystic, 1958-62; 9. The Poet-Politician: 'The Blue Revolution', 1958-61; 10. 'The Flying Fascist', 1961; 11. Showman, 1961-2; Klein's Afterlives; References; Select Bibliography; Acknowledgements |
| Summary |
Denounced as a charlatan and fêted as a mystic, French artist Yves Klein (1928-62) scandalized the art world with his enthusiastic embrace of postwar mass culture and his exploitation of controversial publicity tactics. Today, we know Yves Klein not only as one of the most radical artists of the postwar period, but also as an iconic role model for contemporary practices-he reinvented abstract painting, conceived new horizons for performance art, and was a trailblazer in the realm of land, body, and conceptual art. In this new critical biography, Nuit Banai examines the relationship between Kle |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Klein, Yves, 1928-1962.
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| SUBJECT |
Klein, Yves, 1928-1962 fast |
| Subject |
ART -- History -- General.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781780233338 |
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1780233337 |
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