Abstract
Yves Klein lived in Madrid during two periods of time, in 1951 and in 1954, and travelled to Japan in between these years. During this interval the interests of the artist-to-be were centred on Judo. Nonetheless, before leaving the capital of Spain in 1954, Klein created his first piece of artwork, Yves Peintures , which constitutes a quite unexpected turn of events in his life. For this reason, it is very interesting to analyze the common ground in between his aesthetic principles and the fundamentals of traditional Judo, the foundations of which are set on Zen philosophy. Concepts such as emptiness, immateriality, infinitude or even spirituality, the very essence of Yves Klein’s art, must be understood from the perspective of Eastern philosophy given that they are notions that permeate this martial art.
Highlights
Yves Klein lived in Madrid during two periods of time, in 1951 and in 1954, and travelled to Japan in between these years
During this interval the interests of the artist-to-be were centred on Judo
Before leaving the capital of Spain in 1954, Klein created his first piece of artwork, Yves Peintures, which constitutes a quite unexpected turn of events in his life
Summary
RESUMEN Yves Klein realizó dos estancias en Madrid en 1951 y 1954 y entre ellas un viaje a Japón. Durante estos años los intereses del futuro artista se centraron en el judo. Poco antes de abandonar la capital española en 1954 Klein realizó su primera obra de arte, Yves Peintures, dando así un giro un tanto inesperado a su vida. Resulta de gran interés analizar los lugares comunes entre los principios estéticos de sus obras y los fundamentos del judo tradicional, cuyas bases se asientan en la filosofía Zen. Conceptos como el vacío, la inmaterialidad, el infinito, o la propia espiritualidad, esencia misma del arte de Yves Klein, deben entenderse desde la filosofía oriental puesto que son nociones que impregnan también ese arte marcial. Palabras clave: Madrid; Tokio; judo; Zen; Yves Peintures
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