After The Monotone Symphony

2007-11-15

Yves Klein | Bodies in Blue: New York City, New York – (November 15th, 2007) – Tatiana Platt and Campion Platt hosted "After the Monotone Symphony", an event inspired by Yves Klein's The Monotone Symphony on Tuesday evening, November 13th at the Esquire North Penthouse.

Tatiana and Campion toasted close friends and French artist Yves Klein who was known for his use of nude models as live paint brushes, and his famous cobalt blue. The brilliance of this exclusive cocktail party, held in the breathtaking triplex penthouse where Campion had designed the great room, marked an incredible moment in art history. Joined by the famegame.com co-founders, Jose Serrano-Reyes and Seth Aylmer, nude models were painted head to toe in cobalt blue paint, and strategically positioned throughout the space to channel the artist's work. Guests were invited to sign their names to a "Declaration of Infinite Renewal", a large canvas turned into a manifesto for artistic solidarity with the help of American artist Michael Rothschild and his daughter Ana.

Guests enjoyed Chopin vodka martinis, Moet & Chandon champagne, and hors d'oeuvres by Spoonbread. Special guests included Barry and Karen Kieselstein Cord, Bob and Veronique Pittman, Susan Magrino, Jamie Drake, Douglas Hannant and Frederick Anderson, Emma Snowdon Jones, Sabine Anton, Richard Johnson and Sessa von Richthofen, Alison Becker, Tiffany Koury, Tracy Stern, Susan Shin, Esquire Associate Publisher Stephen Jacoby, Stephanie Chassing of LVMH, Michael Clinton of Hearst Corporation, Amanda McDonald Crowley of Eyebeam, designer Edwing D'Angelo, Jerry Vittoria of Firmenich, Mark Ein of Venturehouse Capital, Claude Girard of LTB Media, Scott Frances, Michele Gerber Klein, Terry and Mimi Halsey, Louis Dubin, Robin Leacock, Christopher Mason, Gustavo Arango, Martin Shnay, Richard and Nicci Wiese, and Lillian and Rick Stern.

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This event is inspired by Yves Klein's The Monotone Symphony (March 9, 1960).

On a clear night in March at ten pm sharp a crowd of one hundred people, all dressed in black tie attire, came to the Galerie International d'Art Contemporain in Paris. The event was the first conceptual piece to be shown at this gallery by their new artist Mr. Yves Klein. The gallery was one of the finest in Paris.

Mr. Klein in a black dinner jacket proceeded to conduct a ten piece orchestra in his personal composition of The Monotone Symphony, which he had written in 1949. This symphony consisted of one note.

Three models appeared, all with very beautiful naked bodies. They were then conducted as was the full orchestra by Mr. Klein. The music began. The models then rolled themselves in the blue paint that had been placed on giant pieces of artist paper - the paper had been carefully placed on one side of the galleries' wall and floor area - opposite the full orchestra. Everything was composed so breathtakingly beautifully.

The spectacle was surely a metaphysical and spiritual event for all. This went on for twenty minutes. When the symphony stopped it was followed by a strict twenty minutes of silence, in which everyone in the room willingly froze themselves in their own private meditation space.
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At the end of Yves' piece everyone in the audience was fully aware they had been in the presence of a genius at work, the piece was a huge success! Mr. Klein triumphed. It would be his greatest moment in art history, a total success.

The spectacle had unquestionable poetic beauty, and Mr. Kleins' last words that night were, "THE MYTH IS IN ART".

-M. Lewis Yves Klein | Bodies in Blue: New York City, New York – (November 15th, 2007) – Tatiana Platt and Campion Platt hosted "After the Monotone Symphony", an event inspired by Yves Klein's The Monotone Symphony on Tuesday evening, November 13th at the Esquire North Penthouse.

Tatiana and Campion toasted close friends and French artist Yves Klein who was known for his use of nude models as live paint brushes, and his famous cobalt blue. The brilliance of this exclusive cocktail party, held in the breathtaking triplex penthouse where Campion had designed the great room, marked an incredible moment in art history. Joined by the famegame.com co-founders, Jose Serrano-Reyes and Seth Aylmer, nude models were painted head to toe in cobalt blue paint, and strategically positioned throughout the space to channel the artist's work. Guests were invited to sign their names to a "Declaration of Infinite Renewal", a large canvas turned into a manifesto for artistic solidarity with the help of American artist Michael Rothschild and his daughter Ana.

Guests enjoyed Chopin vodka martinis, Moet & Chandon champagne, and hors d'oeuvres by Spoonbread. Special guests included Barry and Karen Kieselstein Cord, Bob and Veronique Pittman, Susan Magrino, Jamie Drake, Douglas Hannant and Frederick Anderson, Emma Snowdon Jones, Sabine Anton, Richard Johnson and Sessa von Richthofen, Alison Becker, Tiffany Koury, Tracy Stern, Susan Shin, Esquire Associate Publisher Stephen Jacoby, Stephanie Chassing of LVMH, Michael Clinton of Hearst Corporation, Amanda McDonald Crowley of Eyebeam, designer Edwing D'Angelo, Jerry Vittoria of Firmenich, Mark Ein of Venturehouse Capital, Claude Girard of LTB Media, Scott Frances, Michele Gerber Klein, Terry and Mimi Halsey, Louis Dubin, Robin Leacock, Christopher Mason, Gustavo Arango, Martin Shnay, Richard and Nicci Wiese, and Lillian and Rick Stern.

he event was the first conceptual piece by the new artist Mr. Yves Klein. Mr. Klein in a black dinner jacket proceeded to conduct a ten piece orchestra in his personal composition of The Monotone Symphony. This symphony consisted of one note.

Three models appeared, all with very beautiful naked bodies. They were then conducted as was the full orchestra by Mr. Klein. The music began. The models then rolled themselves in the blue paint that had been placed on giant pieces of artist paper - the paper had been carefully placed on one side of the galleries' wall and floor area - opposite the full orchestra. Everything was composed so breathtakingly beautifully.

The spectacle was surely a metaphysical and spiritual event for all. This went on for twenty minutes. When the symphony stopped it was followed by a strict twenty minutes of silence, in which everyone in the room willingly froze themselves in their own private meditation space.

At the end of Yves' piece everyone in the audience was fully aware they had been in the presence of a genius at work, the piece was a huge success! Mr. Klein triumphed. It would be his greatest moment in art history, a total success.

The spectacle had unquestionable poetic beauty, and Mr. Kleins' last words that night were, "THE MYTH IS IN ART".

Jose Serrano-Reyes