Yves Klein
from Wikipedia:
Klein is also well known for a photomontage, Saut dans le vide (Leap into the Void) , originally published in theartist’s book Dimanche, which apparently shows him jumping off a wall, arms outstretched, towards the pavement…
Klein’s work revolved around a Zen influenced concept he came to describe as “le Vide” (the Void). Klein’s Void is a nirvana-like state that is void of worldly influences; a neutral zone where one is inspired to pay attention to ones own sensibilities, and to “reality” as opposed to “representation”. Klein presented his work in forms that were recognized as art—paintings, a book, a musical composition—but then would take away the expected content of that form (paintings without pictures, a book without words, a musical composition without in fact composition) leaving only a shell, as it were. In this way he tried to create for the audience his “Zones of Immaterial Pictorial Sensibility”. Instead of representing objects in a subjective, artistic way, Klein wanted his subjects to be represented by their imprint: the image of their absence. (Source)
As mentioned in the previous post, Klein died of a heart attack at the age of 34.
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