#yveskline

[giuseppesinatra]

COLLEZIONE Work in Progress.

La corporeità di un’immagine impressa sopra un supporto fisico, tattile, visibile, pigmentato, oleoso, argenteo, chimico, ottico proviene dal dominio del nostro cervello che a partire dagli occhi interpreta quello che il sole scopre.

[samanthadickfad]

For this piece I took inspiration from Yves Klein work ‘Anthropomorphic’. 

‘Yves Klein used naked women as ‘human paintbrushes’ to make his ‘Anthropometry’ paintings, which were produced as elaborate performances in front of an audience. Klein, in bow-tie and suit, would conduct the women as they covered themselves in paint (a colour he patented as ‘International Klein Blue’) and made imprints of their bodies, whilst musicians played his ‘Monotone Symphony’ – a single note played for twenty minutes, followed by twenty minutes of silence.’ (TATE)

I found this work rather interesting in relation to my theme and idea. This piece has often been criticised for its sexism and use of the female body. Thinking about his work I wanted to create my own print. I found it interesting that Kline’s paint was blue, a colour associated with men, especially in relation to his use of female models. Even though its their own imprints, its still his gaze. So here I make my own print to reclaim it, choosing the colour red opposite to his ‘masculine’ blue. I initially wanted to use pink which perhaps would have worked better “blues for boys, pinks for girls” although I think it still works. I like how in the end I turn my nude painted body to camera, the art work is in the background but your forced to look at this ‘human paintbrush’, the model.

[samanthadickfad]

Recently I've been looking at the work of Yves Klein. In his "Anthropometries" series Kline employed female models as "living paintbrushes" and directed them to create his work. Covered his his international Kline blue (his patented blue paint) Kline would direct his models to make imprints of their bodies on large sheets of paper. He staged the making of "Anthropometries" as elaborate performances for an audience, complete with blue cocktails and a performance of his monotone symphony - a single note played for 20 minutes followed by 20 minutes of silence. Watching this inspired me a lot, it was the only work I seen that really linked well to my work. I want to explore the idea of movement through the use of the body and performance possibly through film. I feel after researching this work I'm more sure about the direction my work is going to take. Although I need to develop and research this idea further if I'm going to choose this direction.