Chapter 11 (2) - The Mysterious Art Museum
There are artists in the world who create their own colors and are remembered by colors.
Yves Klein, a great artist from Nice, France, is one of those artists.
The young artist, who had his own original steps, developed his own blue paint in 1960 and patented it under the name IKB (International Klein Blue).
The artist, who created nearly 200 IKB paintings and left before he died at the age of 34.
There is a saying among art students. 'There is no same red.' He created his own countless blues based on this saying.
He said that the beginning of all his inspiration was the sky, and he expressed the color that was liberated from everything blue.
It's actually a transparent color, but the sea leads us to blue, and the sky that we can't touch makes our eyes and hearts look up to the sky. He was also a person who thought that blue was the color that made the invisible visible.
So what?
Isn't it just blue after all? You might think that. But the reason why Youngju wants to use this color is because of the influence that Yves Klein Blue had on the global fashion industry.
When the world's luxury companies launch new products, if they use blue, they always choose one of the shades of Yves Klein Blue, and this is a natural thing in the fashion industry. In other words, his blue is directly connected to fashion.
-The second is cats. So I'm going to try to draw a cat with IKB.
A blue cat. I've heard of a bluebird, but would a blue cat be pretty? I briefly imagined the shape in my head and nodded and answered.Visit no(v)eLb(i)n.com for the best novel reading experience
"That's a good idea, the cat and the cool blue that fashion-sensitive people envy would go well together."
-Yeah? Hehe.
Youngju seemed to want to hear this from the beginning.
It's good to respond to questions that have a predetermined answer. There's no need to make unnecessary trouble by saying something else, because it would only be a tackle.
"Good luck."
-I always work hard. You should work hard too. If you win this time, you might not just get the prize money and end it.
"What do you mean?"
-You might get to work with MG. Doesn't it make your heart flutter just to hear it? MG appliance designer!
A house that can make them hear compliments when they invite their friends for a housewarming party?
What is it?
If it were me, what would I want?
I was staring at the laptop and turned my head and saw the sketch-only painting. The painting I painted with Alphonse Mucha at the end. I smiled unknowingly at the happy family in the painting.
Then, suddenly, I had this thought.
'They would want a pretty refrigerator. But is that really what they want, a refrigerator that is only pretty?'
Let's put aside the functionality, which is obvious.
They just got married, and they buy things to use in their married life. Why do they buy those things? To live comfortably?
'No.'
To be happy. They want to build a happy family with this person they are marrying. That's why newlyweds buy things.
I looked at the painting I painted with Mucha and narrowed my eyes.
'Newlyweds dream of a happy family.'
Mucha, who was alive, always drew the scenes of the users being happy with the product and achieved commercial success. And the picture that suits the happy family that the refrigerator buyers want the most was right in front of me.
'But can I use this?'
I colored it, so I have some stake in it? No way.
I just filled in the colors as if I was studying coloring as an elementary school student, following his instructions. The design and small details of this painting, and the value contained in the painting, are all Alphonse Mucha's.
This is no different from stealing.
But, what if this painting really doesn't exist in the world?
If no one can see this beautiful painting and I'm the only one who knows it, it will be buried. That might be a sin in itself.
I reached out to the sketch-only painting and muttered.
"Can I show this painting to the world, teacher?"
