Yves Klein

I remember Jethro mentioning Yves Klein in a lecture but didn't think much of him. Then I saw his Victory of Samothrane in the Centro de Sofia in Madrid (this blue thing - this is a version from Nice's Contemporary art as you couldn't take photos in Centro - about 30cm tall):



The first thing that caught my attention was the fact it was referenced from this famous ancient sculpture in the Louvre (which I grabbed a couple of photos of - incidently the base was something I'd read about but never seen in photos before, the bow of a ship)



The 2nd thing was the blue used. It is a strange deep blue that is kinda like Yves Klien's trademark - so much so that he is vain enough to call it 'IKB' - International Klein Blue. All modern art prejudices aside, the blue just has a funky quality to it (although I think it is kinda a 'free hit' to reference a famous statue as it has a certain lack of effort by Yves).