Anthropometry Revisited - A Homage to Yves Klein

This project is presented as a homage to Yves Klein’s Anthropometry Performance (1960), but with reference to Klein’s love of judo. Klein was a 4th dan black belt in judo, and wrote a book: The Fundamentals of Judo. The project asks whether the sheer physicality of Klein’s work is connected to judo, and also explores how the Anthropometry series may have evolved had he not died prematurely at the age of 34, in 1962. The images here are from an experiment using International Klein Blue paint and heavy paper, conducted with Ian Lambert, himself a judo black belt, and spatial designer, choreographer and former dancer Fabian Galama. The project envisaged a performance art piece.

Ian Lambert, with Fabian Galama