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Editorial, 1959, Yves Klein

"Fire is beautiful in itself, regardless", excerpts from writings

"Fire for me is the future without forgetting the past. It is the memory of nature. (...) It is gentleness: [Fire] is gentleness and torture. It is cookery and it is apocalypse. It is a pleasure for the good child sitting prudently by the hearth; yet it punishes any disobedience when the child wishes to play too close to its flames. It is well-being and it is respect. It is a tutelary and a terrible divinity, both good and bad. It can contradict itself; thus it is one of the principles of...
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Editorial, 2021, Frédéric Prot

Fire paintings, by Frédéric Prot

Making new beauties out of its audacity. Paintings of fire! It was in March and July 1961 that Yves Klein finally carried out his project. The Centre d'Essai de Gaz de France, in Saint-Denis, agreed to provide him with the necessary workshops and equipment. More than 150 works on cardboard were produced.The films and archive photographs show Yves Klein with the torch in his hands. A white, liquid fire blows. The flames melt on the cardboard and spread.When it is all over, it is there, in front...
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