Packet 8: Tossup 5

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

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