num_pages: 192
description: Colour After Klein explores the significance of colour as it emerges in the work of 20 of the most influential artists of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, including Yves Klein, Donald Judd, Bruce Nauman, Louise Bourgeois, Andy Warhol and James Turrell. Featuring an introduction by curator Jane Alison, an essay that explores the place of colour in the work of Yves Klein by art historian Nuit Banai, and profiles of each of the contributing artists, this book provides a new perspective on key works of Modern and contemporary art. Also included in the book are artists' writings on the subject of colour, with pieces by Klein, Judd and Hélio Oiticica.Contents:Colour me in / Jane Alison --Monochromatic interventions: Yves Klein and the utopia of spectacular sensibility / Nuit Banai --Artists: Bas Jan Ader, Joseph Beuys, Louise Bourgeois, James Lee Byars, Sophie Calle, William Eggleston, Spencer Finch, Dan Flavin, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Mona Hatoum, Donald Judd, Anish Kapoor, Yves Klein, Bruce Nauman, Hélio Oiticica, Gerhard Richter, Pipilotti Rist, Anri Sala, James Turrell, Andy Warhol --The war: a brief personal mythology of monochromy, dating from 1954, adaptable in film or in ballet / Yves Klein --Colour, time and structure / Helio Oiticica --Review of Yves Klein exhibition at Alexandre Iolas Gallery, Arts Magazine, 1963 / Donald Judd --Extracts from 'Some aspects of colour in general and red and black in particular' / Donald Judd --Artist biographies.
language: English
title: Colour After Klein: Rethinking Colour in Modern And Contemporary Art
titlecomplete: Colour After Klein: Rethinking Colour in Modern And Contemporary Art
genres: Art
ratings_count: 4
publisher: Black Dog Publishing