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| On a clear night in March at 10pm sharp a crowd of 100 people, all dressed in black tie attire, came to the Galerie International d'Art Contemporain in Paris. The event was the first conceptual piece to be shown at this gallery by its new artist Yves Klein. Klein in a black dinner jacket proceeded to conduct a ten-piece orchestra in his personal composition of 'The Monotone Symphony', which he had written in 1949. This symphony consisted of one note. Three models appeared, all with very beautiful naked bodies. They were then conducted, as was the full orchestra, by Mr. Klein. The music began. The models then rolled themselves in the blue paint that had been placed on giant pieces of artist paper - the paper had been carefully placed on one side of the galleries' wall and floor area - opposite the full orchestra. This went on for twenty minutes. When the symphony stopped it was followed by a strict twenty minutes of silence, in which everyone in the room willingly froze themselves in their own private meditation space. Yves Klein's last words that night were, "THE MYTH IS IN ART". |
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The 3Monkey prints reveal 60s sexist French society in all its splashing 'innocence'. This type of work makes the decade that follows all the more important for art history and its focus on the socio-political issues.
nanoubix 23-02-2010 | |
The models were cuter back then.
The print looks like Three Blind Mickeys, no?
Bill Bahmermann 27-12-2009 | |
Really it's a wonderful submission. I like it and I am fully satisfied with this article’s statement. Keep it updated. Thanks.
Jeremy 16-03-2009 | |
I love this work, it is soooo dated but lovely in it's innocence.
ZX spectrum 16-03-2009 | |
fantastic insight into the original process, my perceptions have been completely changed on this work.
pearl 16-03-2009 | |
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