Packet 8: Tossup 5

This artist burned asbestos-covered canvases with a blowtorch to make many “fire paintings.” In (-5[1])one project, this artist sold certificates of ownership (15[2])of non-existent (15[1])spaces (15[1])for gold, (15[2])then (15[1])threw half (15[1])of the gold into a river. (15[4])Arman filled the Iris Clert Gallery with trash in response to an exhibition by this artist that only displayed an empty glass cabinet. (-5[2])Pierre Restany (15[1])collaborated with this artist to found (*) New Realism. (10[1])A material developed (10[1])by this artist was approximated for an experimental 1993 film on the AIDS crisis (10[1])by Derek Jarman. This artist had nude models cover (10[1])themselves (10[1])with paint and (10[1])roll (10[1])on (10[1])canvases to create his (10[1])Anthropometries. For 10 points, name this French artist of The Void who created many monochrome works (10[1])using an ultramarine (10[1])pigment (10[1])that is his namesake (10[1])“International” shade (10[1])of blue. ■END■ (10[1])

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