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Yves Klein - Anthropometries of the Blue Period and Fire Paintings (1960)

“Filmed in 1960, Anthropometries of the Blue Period and Fire Paintings consists of two art performances. Musicians play music as Yves Klein directs young women to imprint their blue-painted-bodies onto canvas. The second performance involves the women helping to create an outline of themselves before a torch is used to scorch the canvas.”

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Piero Manzoni - Artist’s Breath (1960)

Piero Manzoni - Artist’s Shit (1961)
“In May 1961 Manzoni created 90 small cans, sealed with the text Artist’s shit (Merda d’Artista). Each 30-gram can was priced by weight based on the current value of gold (around $1.12 a gram in 1960). The contents of the cans remain a much-disputed enigma, since opening them would destroy the value of the artwork.”

Piero Manzoni - Artist’s Breath (1960)

Piero Manzoni - Artist’s Shit (1961)

“In May 1961 Manzoni created 90 small cans, sealed with the text Artist’s shit (Merda d’Artista). Each 30-gram can was priced by weight based on the current value of gold (around $1.12 a gram in 1960). The contents of the cans remain a much-disputed enigma, since opening them would destroy the value of the artwork.”

Filed under Art Piero Manzoni Conceptual art