Yves Klein in Madrid: Forging an Artist
Keywords:
Madrid, Tokyo, Judo, Zen, Yves Peintures.
Abstract
Yves Klein lived in Madrid during two periods of time, in 1951 and in 1954, and travelled to Japan in between these years. During this interval the interests of the artist-to-be were centred on Judo. Nonetheless, before leaving the capital of Spain in 1954, Klein created his first piece of artwork, Yves Peintures, which constitutes a quite unexpected turn of events in his life. For this reason, it is very interesting to analyze the common ground in between his aesthetic principles and the fundamentals of traditional Judo, the foundations of which are set on Zen philosophy. Concepts such as emptiness, immateriality, infinitude or even spirituality, the very essence of Yves Klein’s art, must be understood from the perspective of Eastern philosophy given that they are notions that permeate this martial art.Downloads
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López Arnaiz I. (2015). Yves Klein in Madrid: Forging an Artist. Anales de Historia del Arte, 24(Especial), 219-236. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_ANHA.2014.v24.48702
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