tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007066.post7568942870897766536..comments2024-03-19T01:45:29.978+00:00Comments on feeling listless: Yves Klein at Tate Liverpool.Stuart Ian Burnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18132101517832896837noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007066.post-90317890520773065122017-02-05T09:24:52.837+00:002017-02-05T09:24:52.837+00:00Yes, I tend to just choose the exhibition I liked ...Yes, I tend to just choose the exhibition I liked the most. But I did love the mirror installation in the Krasinski.Stuart Ian Burnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18132101517832896837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007066.post-39819602032756590212017-02-04T16:08:31.968+00:002017-02-04T16:08:31.968+00:00You don't mention Krasinski, but wow I loved i...You don't mention Krasinski, but wow I loved it! Much more interesting to me than Klein. <br /><br />Gorgeous spaces between floating objects, motion and change as you switch angle, a kinetic line which must have leapt from the space it was in. <br /><br />And, of course, the gorgeous blue strip, dancing round the galleries, playfully subtly making Escher like tricks.<br /><br />Loved it. Francis Irvinghttps://www.flourish.org/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007066.post-87989072329553416352017-02-04T14:10:31.454+00:002017-02-04T14:10:31.454+00:00His story is astonishing. Is it thought that he li...His story is astonishing. Is it thought that he literally died at the shock of Mondo Cane? (see http://www.walkerart.org/magazine/2004/recent-acquisition-yves-klein-suaire-de-mondo) <br /><br />I find the anthropometrise performances and works a bit shallow and exploitative. Why aren't any of the brushes naked men? Or the artist himself? My criticism isn't trying to be one of identity politics, it is more than this signals to me the whole performance was a gimmick.Francis Irvinghttps://www.flourish.org/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007066.post-11400891192865869472017-02-04T13:55:00.321+00:002017-02-04T13:55:00.321+00:00Am visiting this today! Strangely, I came here to ...Am visiting this today! Strangely, I came here to leave a comment to say I find the blue paintings ruined by the glass in front of them. <br /><br />Imagine my surprise that you open with that! Did I subconsciously remember, or did I have the same complaint? <br /><br />I think the reflection really matters for these paintings. There's no shapes or contrasts in colours, no brush strokes to look at. The impact and feel of the colour is the purpose, and all the reflections break that meditative calm, at least for me. Francis Irvinghttps://www.flourish.org/noreply@blogger.com