Chelsea Hotel Manifesto

Dated April 1961, written in New York in Chelsea Hotel; read by the artist during the opening of his exhibition "Yves Klein, the monochrome", Dwan Gallery, Los Angeles, 29 May-24 June 1961. Published the following year, Yves Klein, "Chelsea Hotel Manifesto", Yves Klein (dir. Alexandre Iolas), Alexandre Iolas Gallery, New York, 1962

Author(s): Yves Klein

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Language : English

Medium : Performance, Book (Exhibition catalogue)

Original edition of the manifesto: Dated April 1961, written in New York in Chelsea Hotel; read by the artist during the opening of his exhibition "Yves Klein, the monochrome", Dwan Gallery, Los Angeles, 29 May-24 June 1961. Published the following year, Yves Klein, "Chelsea Hotel Manifesto", Yves Klein (dir. Alexandre Iolas), Alexandre Iolas Gallery, New York, 1962

Where can we find this manifesto? Antje Kramer (ed), Les grands manifestes de l'art des XIXe et Xxe siècles, BeauxArtséditions, 2011, pp. 210-216

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Which critic recognizes the work as a manifesto ? or: Typical characteristics of a manifesto Antje Kramer (ed), Les grands manifestes de l'art des XIXe et Xxe siècles, BeauxArtséditions, 2011, pp. 210-216

Editorial comments: Published to react to the negative reaction of the American critics to his exhibiition in Leo Castelli gallery, 11-29 April 1961, New York

Does the work corresponds to the definition of a manifesto?

Does the work qualifies itself as a manifesto?

Is the signature individual, collective, or individual but in the name of a collective? Individual

Gender of the author(s): H