Installation Views III, 2013
Two works from a proposed series first exhibited as part of "Color Shift," curated by Jordan Tate. The pieces are based on photographs collected online from museum visitors' depictions of Yves Klein's "Blue Monochrome" (1961) at MoMA.
Each work shares dimensions similar to Klein's original—approx 72" x 48"—and was constructed of uncoated drywall with blue painter's tape delineating only the architectural dimensions represented in the photographs.
Installation view photography courtesy of Etienne Frossard and Mixed Greens
Aperture Interview
On the occasion of the exhibit, I had the opportunity to speak about this work with the show’s curator, Jordan Tate, and Paula Kupfer, an assistant editor at Aperture magazine.
“I wanted the viewer to have at least two experiences with the work. From a distance, I needed it to look like the uninterrupted blue of a Klein monochrome, while up close, where the individual lines of tape could be discerned, I wanted a depiction of the space that housed such a work. In the end, each piece required around fifteen hours of taping.”
Details
Sketch for "Installation View #1 (MoMA, Blue Monochrome, 1961, Yves Klein)"
Sketch for "Installation View #2 (MoMA, Blue Monochrome, 1961, Yves Klein)"
Detail of "Installation View #1 (MoMA, Blue Monochrome, 1961, Yves Klein)"
Blast from the past
It’s 2020 and I found this YouTube video of the opening night in 2011. Filmed and produced by O'Delle Abney.