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Article, 2022, Damien Sausset

Japan's influence, text by Damien Sausset, excerpt from the special edition of Connaissance des arts "Yves Klein Intime"

This stay in Japan laid the foundations of a future philosophy applied to art, or more precisely to the surpassing of art.In kodokan judo, one of the branches of judo, Yves Klein found not just a sport, but a way of life and an ethical system based on Zen Buddhism. It is necessary to go beyond the body, in particular through the kiai, a technique in which the judoka concentrates his spiritual energy so intensely that he suddenly releases it through a cry arising from the depths of his being.In...
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Article, 2020, Denys Riout

"Yves Klein and Japan", by Denys Riout, excerpt from the book Yves Klein Japan

DREAMS AND ILLUSIONS OF THE ORIENT To learn judo at the Kodokan, the most renowned training centre in Japan, and come back wreathed in glory, possessed of unmatched competence – or nearly: such was the plan of this young man who was trying to find his way between two painter parents. His failure at the baccalauréat had closed the doors to merchant navy school and the prospect of travelling the world as an officer on ocean-going vessels. Enterprising and curious, Yves Klein had stayed in...
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