Yves Klein. Japon. Littérature requires cleanliness – with such

requires cleanliness – with such insistence that it makes this state a marker of social recognition

où il fait construire un réseau de forteresses

tout en éclairant sur l’interconnexion permanente existant entre les trésors ancestraux (taonga) et les oeuvres contemporaines

Nouvelle édition

Collection Gallimard Jeunesse

Yves Klein. Japon. Littérature requires cleanliness – with suchBefore becoming Yves le Monochrome, Yves Klein, the man in blue who has now become a legend, was passionate about judo. This is what prompted him to travel to Japan in 1952, where he obtained his 4th dan black belt. A few months after his return to France, at the end of 1954, Yves Klein published almost simultaneously The Foundations of Judo and Yves Peintures, considered his first artistic endeavor. This long stay in Japan, filled with encounters and