Anthropometries series

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The Anthropometries series is a group of avant-garde performance-based paintings by Yves Klein created using nude human bodies as living paintbrushes to imprint pigment onto canvases.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art series ⓘ
painting series ⓘ
performance art ⓘ
artForm live performance ⓘ
painting ⓘ
artisticGoal to merge performance and painting ⓘ
to use human body as a living paintbrush ⓘ
associatedColor International Klein Blue ⓘ
colorDominance blue ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
creator Yves Klein ⓘ
creatorNationality French ⓘ
creatorOccupation artist ⓘ
depicts traces of human bodies ⓘ
exhibitionPractice canvases exhibited as autonomous paintings after performance ⓘ
genre abstract art ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn body art ⓘ
conceptual art ⓘ
performance art ⓘ
hasPart Anthropometry of the Blue Period ⓘ
inceptionContext live performances with orchestra and audience ⓘ
languageOfTitle French ⓘ
locationOfFirstPublicPerformance Galerie Internationale d’Art Contemporain, Paris ⓘ
method artist orchestrates actions without touching canvas ⓘ
models directed to press paint-covered bodies onto canvas ⓘ
movement Nouveau réalisme ⓘ
linked to: Nouveau Réalisme

avant-garde art ⓘ
notableFor integration of music, audience, and painting process ⓘ
use of nude models as living brushes ⓘ
notableWorkOf Yves Klein ⓘ
originalTitle Anthropométries ⓘ
period postwar art ⓘ
productionPeriod early 1960s ⓘ
relatedConcept dematerialization of the artist’s hand ⓘ
indexical mark ⓘ
relatedWork Monochrome paintings by Yves Klein ⓘ
startTime 1960 ⓘ
subjectMatter human body imprint ⓘ
usesMaterial canvas ⓘ
nude human bodies ⓘ
pigment ⓘ
usesTechnique body printing ⓘ
performance-based painting ⓘ

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Yves Klein → notableWork → Anthropometries series ⓘ
Anthropometries series → hasPart → Anthropometry of the Blue Period ⓘ
linked to: Anthropometries series