04 March 2017

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Thanks to the sponges—raw living matter—I was going to be able to make portraits of the observers of my monochromes, who . . . after having voyaged in the blue of my pictures, return totally impregnated in sensibility, as are the sponges.

Yves Klein, “Remarques sur quelques oeuvres exposées chez Colette ‘Allendy’,” 1958, Klein archive


Yves Klein with Blue Sponge (1959) 
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Is your heart still there
If they sell us out like sponge cake 
Do you really care
Hey True Blue

'True Blue' is an Australian folk song written and performed in 1981 by singer-songwriter John Williamson. The lyrical content utilises Australian slang heavily, with the title meaning authentically Australian. (Wikipedia)

The Chemist Who Discovered the World’s Newest Blue Explains Its Miraculous Properties
The new pigment is called YInMn blue, and it doesn't fade.
    

OSU chemist Mas Subramanian with YInMn blue 
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