If you know me, then chances are you've heard me mention Yves Klein before. One of the most predominate members of the Abstract Expressionist movement, Klein's purpose was to "reach the far side of infinite," which he achieves through ignoring limitations in art and creating new ways to create. Above is Anthropométrie de l´époque bleue (ANT 82), created in 1960. Here, Klein uses what would eventually become known as Yves Klein Blue to express the natural form of a woman's body by actually instructing a model to roll around in blue paint in front of an audience. Beside the obvious talk that would follow this performance, Yves specified that his intent for directing a piece of art from afar was to break the limitations of the creative process of art. That is, Yves actually removed himself from the creative process by directing the human form as he so chose across the canvas, as he would with a paintbrush. Aside from this remove, Yves interestingly has broken the barrier between the abstract and form- it's easy to see what each form is in his works (woman, sponge, etc.), but the artist's reason for guiding the form as he did is not.
I greatly reccommend that you take some time to look at the different periods of Yves's work. His epochs of color and use of gold leafing are hella inspiring. You're truly missing out if you don't get a chance to see his stuff!
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