Yves Klein: Le dépassement de la problématique de l’art

Le dépassement de la problématique de l’art collects Yves Klein’s writings, which he regarded as a significant complement to his art and intended to compile into a definitive volume titled Mon Livre. Along with several diagrammatic drawings, the texts reflect Klein’s audacious and often amusing approach to art making, encapsulated in essays and speeches such as “The Overcoming of the Problem of Art,” “Speech Delivered after the Opening of the Pneumatic Era,” “Outline of the Technical Manifesto of the Blue Revolution,” and “Speech Delivered on the Occasion of the Tinguely Exhibition in Düsseldorf (January 1959).”