INTO THE BLUE

Name to know ... Yves Klein, visionary French conceptual artist Best known for ... His signature ultramarine pigment, known and patented as International Klein Blue. In the making of his ‘Anthropométries’ series, the artist used nude models as human paintbrushes to make imprints of their bodies on a blank paper. Wow factor ... For his series of ‘Fire’ paintings, Klein used gas flames to marked the canvas, and showed creativity through the act of destruction. ‘Yves Klein Contemporary Art Exhibition’ is until October 7 at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, UK. www.blenheimpalace.com

“Blue suggests the sea and sky, and they, after all, are in actual, visible nature what is most abstract.” – Yves Klein Jonathan Swift, 1960, Yves Klein

Céline Spring/ Summer ’17 looks used International Klein Blue