The Void (Le Vide)
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The Void (Le Vide) is Yves Klein’s radical 1958 conceptual artwork consisting of an apparently empty, white-painted gallery space that challenged traditional notions of art and materiality.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
conceptual artwork
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exhibition ⓘ installation art ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | The Specialization of Sensibility in the Raw Material State of Stabilized Pictorial Sensibility NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artHistoricalSignificance |
iconic work of Nouveau Réalisme
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landmark of early conceptual art ⓘ |
| artistNationalityOfCreator | French ⓘ |
| artMovement | Nouveau Réalisme NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfFirstExhibition | France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | Yves Klein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| durationOfExhibition | 1958-04-28 to 1958-05-19 ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt | Iris Clert Gallery, Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| exhibitionSpaceTreatment |
display fixtures removed
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walls painted white ⓘ windows covered ⓘ |
| genre | conceptual art ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
dematerialization of the art object
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emptiness ⓘ immateriality ⓘ institutional critique ⓘ viewer perception ⓘ void ⓘ |
| inception | 1958 ⓘ |
| influenced |
installation art practices
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later conceptual art ⓘ |
| intendedToChallenge |
conventional exhibition formats
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materiality in art ⓘ traditional notions of art ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | French ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntityOfFirstExhibition | Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locationOfFirstExhibition | Iris Clert Gallery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium |
empty gallery space
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white-painted gallery ⓘ |
| modeOfPresentation |
empty gallery as artwork
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solo exhibition ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
absence of physical artworks
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apparently empty space ⓘ focus on immateriality ⓘ use of the gallery itself as artwork ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1958-04-28 ⓘ |
| partOf | Yves Klein’s exploration of the immaterial ⓘ |
| requires | viewer’s mental participation ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
art historical analysis
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critical theory discussions on dematerialization of art ⓘ |
| title | Le Vide NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| translatedTitle | The Void NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workType | site-specific work ⓘ |
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