Yves the Provocateur: Yves Klein and Twentieth-Century Art by Thomas McEvilleyMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Remarkable biography (with some analysis of his work) on the artist Yves Klein. A man who knew no bounds or restrictions. A dandy as much as a black-belt Judo fanatic. A man who jumped from a second or was it a third floor without fear. A spoiled brat with great talent. A man who had a temper problem which he tried to contain, and probably caused him his fatal heart problems. Nevertheless I am always attracted to artists who have an amazing ego. Does that affect their work? Yes, but Klein was a different type of animal. Totally on the go and extremely restless he had to explore the 'void' knowing that there is no end or maybe beginning. This is not a large book, but an important and very much a readable study on this great French figure of the arts.
Yves Klein you rule!
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