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Blue This is a monochrome painting in the style of Yves Klein's works. If it is light out, I invite you to carefully take it outside and see the way the p...

blue – Jenneral HQ 🌠 Blue This is a monochrome painting in the style of Yves Klein's works. If it is light out, I invite you to carefully take it outside and see the way the pigment absorbs the sunlight. If it is not, I hear the bulbs in the Aumann kitchen are fairly high CRI. This painting uses pure ultramarine blue pigment, which used to be the most expensive pigment in existence. You might have encountered it in Scott's essay The Colors of Her Coat , where it's a metaphor for something else. The pigment is underbound - that is, the ratio of pigment to medium is very high, so it might stain

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