Klein and Bury at Bozar
The Brussels Centre for Fine Art, Bozar is celebrating two major figures of the ZERO art movement – Pol Bury and Yves Klein.
Although his vivid ultramarine blue has become infamous in the design and art world, Yves Klein died young and underappreciated. Since his death in 1962, the French artist has come to be recognised as one of the most important post-war artists for pioneering performance art, breaking painting out of the frame, blurring the definitions of sculpture and painting, and of course, his distinctive blue that abstracted the colour into an infinite form. Some 30 of Klein’s most significant works, along with seldom-seen films and photos, constitute the Theatre of the Void exhibition showing at Bozar, the Brussels Centre for Fine Art. The show is presented in collaboration with Tate Liverpool until August 8.
The ongoing popularity of International Klein Blue in design is not the only legacy of the Zero art movement in design. For instance, prolific Belgian artist Pol Bury’s fountains and kinetic sculptures can be seen in public spaces from New York to Japan. Bury was also a painter, writer, and designer of jewellery and graphics. A major retrospective exhibition showing at Bozar until June 4 comprises some 120 artworks, of which 65 are motorised and include the monumental 7 metre-long 4087 cylindres érectiles.
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