Yves Klein, ‘Saut Dans le Vide (Leap Into the Void)’ (1960).
“Volare”, that famous song and kitsch schlager, was about… Yves Klein!
The chorus of the song goes “volare”, but the original title is “Nel blu dipinto di blu” (“In the Blue Painted Blue”), a reference to the famous blue that the artist Yves Klein made his signature.
The song has been covered at least over 100 times. Many recorded versions exist.
I collected some of the best:
Wim T. Schippers, ‘Het is me wat’ (‘It’s really something’) (1999)
Golden oldie:
Schippers constructed this sculpture for the lobby of the Ministry of Public health, Well-being and Sports. You can now find it in the lobby of Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam.
By the way:
‘The Church of the Future’ (2006), by Javier Alberto Morales and John Michael Boling.
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Jan Huijben, ‘untitled’, collage (2008)
“It’s not just about the journey you make, but also about the tracks you leave behind”
