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

ANSWER: Yves Klein [accept International Klein Blue or Yves Klein Blue] (Derek Jarman’s film is Blue.)
<KN, Other Fine Arts> | NAFTA-Packet-8
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