11.27.2010

Sunday, November 27, 1960: 'Leap Into The Void'


French artist Yves Klein publishes a four-page newspaper called Dimanche (Sunday), sold for one day only in Paris. On the front page is one in a series of photos that came to be known as "Leap Into The Void." The image was manipulated and does not show the tarpaulin and the people on the street who actually caught Klein. Still debated, it's said to represent, in part, mankind (or artists) entering space.
* Yves Klein website: @
* The four pages of Dimanche (from Klein's website): @
* More about the image (from ARTnews): @
* Entry from The Metropolitan Museum of Art: @. Part of the exhibition "Faking It: Manipulated Photography Before Photoshop": overview @ and works @
* Other photos from the montage: @

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