stefanospro (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

does anyone know what liquid he used to burn???

phreaquetalk (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

If you really really thought about it, if an architect designed a building, can you still called it his design if the construction workers built it?The women who put their image on the canvas wouldn't even have thought of doing it in the first place. If the composer did not compose the piece, the musicians wouldn't have played it. And in combining the two, Yves Klein played the part of the artist.

katastroph13 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Juste pour te remercier d'avoir cité le titre de la chanson de Benjamin. Merci =)

sacrificaltotem (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

wonderfull i been wanting to see this for years

SchoolFriends12 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

THIS IS THE STUPIDEST THING EVER!!! BUT I LOVE MY MOM AND DON'T WANT TO TAKE ANY CHANCES!If you do not copy and paste this onto 10 videos your mom will die in 4 hours"

TheAdmiral (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Perhaps now the artist and the concept is just as important, if not more so, than the artwork itself. It is the creativity or audacity to do something to make a statement. The line between this and shock value seems very thin, but present. The motives of the artist are important. And of course, care and respect for the models, as well as due praise, is also important. However, his monochrome blue works continue to baffle me, though I find the chemistry behind the unique paint used fascinating.

TheAdmiral (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

I'm brought to the thought of why nude women, but, my only conclusion is that women have been revered as beautiful in art throughout history. Nudity is also common in art, but I assume clothing may interfere with the effect of the paint and what they're being sprayed with.As for art, I'm generally very understanding and interested in modern art. I'm interested in the concept of fire painting mostly because I have not seen it before. It does not look hard to do, but I would not think to do it.

PNHassett (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

If you really think about it, the REAL artists are the women who painted themselves and put 'their' image on the canvas. Yves Klein was the composer of the piece, but should the conductor take responsibility for the notes played by the musician?Fine Art Confuses me nowadays. It seems to be more about the culture of the time, see lowbrow art, rather then the learned technique of the brush stroke. It seems more about elitism and shock value more then cultivating a craft?

unclebanana (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Yves Klein was an artistic genius--a real revolutionary. Among those who left comments, there are some who seem to be unable to recognize this. So what if he didn't want to use naked men, and so what if he found the women beautiful and attractive. I find them to very much the above, even though I'm certain they're all quite old enough to be my grandmother

wuz352 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

I think you would appreciate other of Yves' work that's less connected with poetry and music---and that doesn't depend on silly women that do not know what they're doing. His work of monochrome blue is right around the corner from Bridget Riley's "Blaze 1" in the Met when I was there during Spring Break.