Article, 2006, Alain Bouzerand
Beyond blue, the chromatic trilogy
ONE, TWO, THREE... COLOURSIn Yves Klein's imagination and symbolism, three colours are at the zenith: blue, gold and pink. These are the three colours of the ex-voto made for Saint Rita of Cascia, the patron saint of desperate causes. They are also the colours of the three obelisks and many monochromes. In traditional symbolism, blue, the favourite colour of most Westerners, is a call to escape to wide open spaces, the sky and the sea. Zeus' favourite colour in Antiquity, by the end of the...