ARTIST RESEARCH - Yves Klein - Performance

Yves Klein is a very interesting artist. He had a series of painting works, called the Monochromes, as well as a Blue Epoch. It seems blue was his favorite thing to paint with, he was hired to paint murals in a German opera house, using only blue. He also once held a gallery called "The Void" where he removed everything from his room, placed a single cabinet, painted white, in the corner of the room and stated "My paintings are now invisible and I would like to show them in a clear and positive manner." 

He then began working on Performance art, most notably his piece Saut dans le vide (Leap into the Void). It depicts him leaping from atop a wall, onto the pavement below. It is an iconic piece, and the first thing i think of when i hear Performance Art.

  Saut dans le vide (Leap into the Void)

 Great Blue Cannibalism


Yves Klein is obviously an influential artist to the movements of Abstraction and Performance art. He has one of the most iconic pieces of Performance art, and his style of painting only in blue (for a period) is something typical of great artists (picasso's blue period)