The Swimming Pool Painting Guggenheim

This retrospective of yves klein s career includes many of his most famous works.
The swimming pool painting guggenheim. The title the swimming pool is one of a series of references to protagonist s swimming routine throughout the robert langdon series. For most of the swimming pool aftermarket concrete pool paint will be the interior finish of choice simply due to the reduced costs when compared to re plastering. The swimming pool there is no piece of artwork by this name at the guggenheim bilbao. Dear swimming pool owner if you are tired of scrubbing that rough stained surface that is probably scratching the skin of of your children s toes and own a swimming pool that has lately been looking attractive only to the nearby frog colony we have the epoxy pool paint solution for you.
A depiction of two men one swimming the breaststroke underwater the other standing by the pool looking down the painting was originally inspired according to background provided by. Installed as nine panels in two parts on burlap covered walls to make a frieze. Here we ve picked 10 of the museum s most amazing artworks to share with you. A similar work untitled was installed at the guggenheim museum.
However yves klein has created numerous pieces of art in the color international klein blue. The swimming pool la piscine late summer 1952. Our latest technology and breaktroughs in epoxy formulations targeted for submerged conditions have. The swimming pool says wilson quickly became his sign for california the first pool painting that hockney made was california art collector 1964.
Yves klein s blue swimming pool from 1957 to now. Inspired by visits to the chic. The museum of modern art new york. When attempting to paint a pool one must first select the proper paint prepare the pool properly and follow all manufacturer s application guidelines.
The pigments became a painting in itself rather than hung on the walls for display since the fixative medium being the most immaterial possible. Untitled guggenheim museum bilbao 2015.