Yves Klein

Born in Nice in 1928, Yves Klein lived and worked in France until his death in 1962. In 1954, he turned definitively to art and began his "Monochrome Adventure". Driven by the idea of "liberating color from the prison of line", Yves Klein turned to monochromy as the only way of painting that allowed him to "see what the absolute had in visible form". Favoring the expression of sensibility over figuration in form, Yves Klein goes beyond all artistic representation and sees the work of art as the trace of the artist's communication with the world. Invisible reality becomes visible. His works are "the ashes of his art". His blue, patented as International Klein Blue, becomes a trademark and a vehicle for pure sensation. His works have been exhibited in major international institutions such as the Musée d'Art Moderne in Paris (2020-2021), Blenheim Palace in the UK (2018), the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington D.C. (2010) and the Centre Pompidou in Paris (2006-2007).