'Klein sought to capture the marks of fleeting "states-moments of flesh."'
Klein's Anthropometries show the body fixed in motion. A strange and beautiful juxtaposition. Although seemingly abstract images, parts of the body are recognizable and the images are organic and fluid, suggesting a human presence. This technique has been documented beautifully with photography, showing the process he used of painting with the human body. The paintings all use blue to represent the body, due to Klein's fascination with the colour. He later went on to patent this shade as International Klein Blue (IKB).
'A complex body language, staged by Klein himself, brought the figures to life in a sort of strange ballet, in which the actresses rolled and dragged their hands on the ground, before the audience’s eyes'
All quotes and images taken from the Yves Klein Archives.
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