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DAY 208 | UNEXPECTED ART FORMS |
Nothingness
INTO THE VOID OF IVES KLEIN
Why are you so petrified of silence? Here, can you handle this...
—“All I Really Want,” Alanis Morissette
Ives Klein harnessed the palpable tension many individuals associate with emptiness as the principle medium for Le Vide, a walk-through exhibit consisting of nothing more than a whitewashed room.
Artists throughout history, from ancient Japanese gardeners to postmodern minimalists, have made use of empty space to purposefully call attention to an object of interest. ...
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