OBS-ART-002
Yves Klein — Anthropometries
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Gesture as Boundary
OBS-ART-002
Systems of Clarity
Atlas Index:
OBS-ART-002
Origin:
Paris
Era:
1960s
Themes / Lineage:
gesture as boundary • surface as event
Field Notes:
body as line • surface pressure • mark as structure
Quiet Modernism appears here as gesture constrained into boundary.

Gesture as Boundary

Yves Klein — Anthropometries

A single gesture defines a limit.

Movement stops.

Boundary holds.

How does movement end?
Gesture is usually associated with flow or expression, but movement stops abruptly. A single action establishes limit. What continues is boundary produced by cessation.

Gesture is usually associated with flow or expression, but movement stops abruptly.

A single action establishes limit.

What continues is boundary produced by cessation.

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