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Mondo Yves Klein
The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis has acquired "Mondo Cane Shroud," a 1962 work by Yves Klein. One of the late works in the artist's "Anthropometries" series, in which nude models pressed their paint-covered bodies against canvas or fabric, it is one of the earliest meldings of painting and performance art.
"We'd been looking for one of Klein's 'Anthropometries' works for years," said Philippe Vergne, senior curator at the Walker. So Mr. Vergne contacted the estate of the artist, who died in 1962. At a meeting in Klein's studio in Paris, he saw it on a list of holdings.
Painted on gauze, it was created for Gualtiero Jacopetti's 1962 documentary "Mondo Cane," which was shocking at the time and showed eccentric behavior around the world.
"Klein had appeared in the film, and when he saw it at the Cannes Film Festival he freaked out because he felt it was filled with wrong information and was exploitative," Mr. Vergne said. "So he left Cannes and went back to Paris, where he had his first heart attack. Many people said this was the movie that killed Yves Klein." The estate also decided to give the Walker the tub where the models bathed in deep blue paint.
"Mondo Cane Shroud" will be on view when the Walker reopens on April 17 after a $92 million expansion. The museum also plans to organize a Klein retrospective in 2008.
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- bill 3-11-2005 7:37 pm
Mondo Yves Klein
The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis has acquired "Mondo Cane Shroud," a 1962 work by Yves Klein. One of the late works in the artist's "Anthropometries" series, in which nude models pressed their paint-covered bodies against canvas or fabric, it is one of the earliest meldings of painting and performance art.
"We'd been looking for one of Klein's 'Anthropometries' works for years," said Philippe Vergne, senior curator at the Walker. So Mr. Vergne contacted the estate of the artist, who died in 1962. At a meeting in Klein's studio in Paris, he saw it on a list of holdings.
Painted on gauze, it was created for Gualtiero Jacopetti's 1962 documentary "Mondo Cane," which was shocking at the time and showed eccentric behavior around the world.
"Klein had appeared in the film, and when he saw it at the Cannes Film Festival he freaked out because he felt it was filled with wrong information and was exploitative," Mr. Vergne said. "So he left Cannes and went back to Paris, where he had his first heart attack. Many people said this was the movie that killed Yves Klein." The estate also decided to give the Walker the tub where the models bathed in deep blue paint.
"Mondo Cane Shroud" will be on view when the Walker reopens on April 17 after a $92 million expansion. The museum also plans to organize a Klein retrospective in 2008.
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