Article #2

"Hirshhorn survey gathers Yves Klein's innovative blue" by Blake Gopnik is an article that raves about the wonderfulness of abstract art. Apparently, a canvass painted completely in blue represents an endless void of humanity. I disagree. There is beauty that changes people, inspires them, even saves them, but a single monochromatic picture is not art. This french guy made a pretty blue paint, which I think is nice, but then he made a blank blue canvass. I don't understand how that can be meaningful. I suppose I am being narrow-minded, and not considering that what is meaningful to me would not be meaningful to others.

"Untitled Blue Monochrome (IKB 46)," 1955. Private Collection. (Courtesy of Yves Klein Archives)

Yves Klein's, "Obsession de la levitation (Le Saut dans le vide)" (Shunk-Kender - Courtesy Of Yves Klein Archives)

Yves Klein's "Untitled Blue Sponge Sculpture (SE 89)," c. 1960. Private Collection. (Courtesy Of Yves Klein Archives - Courtesy Of Yves Klein Archives)

Yves Klein's "Globe terrestre bleu (RP 5)" [Blue Globe], 1961. Private Collection. (Courtesy of Yves Klein Archives - Courtesy of Yves Klein Archives)

Yves Klein's "Untitled Anthropometry (ANT 100)," 1960. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Holenia Purchase Fund, in memory of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1998 (98.23). (Lee Stalsworth - Courtesy of Hirshhorn Museum And Sculpture Garden)