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“When I saw my first print, I could – not really feel my soul, but it was in it. It was just there, immaterially, feeling. You could say it was there, in the painting. That was very interesting for me – that the body and the soul is one in a print.” —Rotraut Klein-Moquay
When Yves Klein began producing his now infamous Anthropometries – paintings made using naked female models as “paintbrushes” – in 1958, among the models was the artist and model Rotraut Moquay. Moquay and Klein were married in early 1962, until his untimely death in June of 1962. As part of the 2018 90th anniversary celebrations of Yves Klein – and the 60th anniversary of the first of these painting events – Rotraut was interviewed by the Louisiana Channel about the experience, and how the performances and variety of works evolved. In this video from the Louisiana Channel, we see clips from Rotraut’s 1966 interview about the performances, a variety of vintage clips from the performances and subsequent work in Klein’s studio, as well as excerpts from the 2018 interview with the Louisiana Channel.
