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My paintings are only the ashes of my art

Yves Klein

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Yves Klein
Age: 34 †
Born: 1928
Born: January 1
Died: 1962
Died: June 6
Artist
Conceptual Artist
Drawer
Judoka
Painter
Performance Artist
Photographer
Sculptor
Nice
France
Art
Paintings
Ashes
Painting

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Every phenomenon manifests itself of its own accord. This manifestation is always distinct from form, and is the essence of the immediate, the trace of the immediate.
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