This document summarizes the various uses of gold in modern and contemporary art. It discusses how artists such as Gustav Klimt, Louise Bourgeois, and Yves Klein incorporated gold into their paintings and sculptures. More recent artists like Donald Judd, Jean-Pierre Reynaud, and Nicolas Milhé have also utilized gold in works across different mediums including wood, glass, paper, and more. The document explores gold's applications in art over time from its prominent use in early modern works to its evolving role in contemporary pieces today.

1. Gold and
Contemporary Art
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2. This video presents different applications of gold in modern and
contemporary art by many artists, on different media, such as wood,
glass and paper.

3. Gold and artists
Gold has found many applications in modern and contemporary art. It found favor in
the eyes in particular of Gustav Klimt who regularly used gold as a background for
his paintings.
Painting by Klimt using gold

4. But it is in contemporary art that the use of the precious metal is increasing.
The trend was started by Louise Bourgeois and the work of Yves Klein, whose
golden painting was a great success.
Sculpture by Louise Bourgeois
Gold and artists

5. Gold table by Yves Klein
Gold and artists
Yves Klein was one of the few to make gold one of the materials he works with and to
repeatedly integrate it throughout the creative process.

6. Gold body-prints by Yves Klein
Gold and artists
Indeed, he has taken each of his uses for his trademark blue (blue pigment tables,
sponge-paintings or bodyprints), and revisited them in gold.

7. Art by Donald Judd using gold
Gold and artists
In the following of Louise Bourgeois, there are many more works of contemporary
artists such as Donald Judd and Jean-Pierre Reynaud.

8. Gold sculpture by Jean-Pierre Reynaud
Gold and artists

9. Art by Nicolas Milhé
Gold and artists
Artists of the young generation, for example Nicolas Milhé, have also made use of
gold their own medium.

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Gold and artists
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11. Daniel Dezeuze - Icône 3, 2014..
Gold and Wood

12. Chrsitian Eckart - Andachtsbild # 716, 1990
Wood and gold leaf
Gold leaf on colloid substance, birchwood panel, pine and poplar wood moldings

13. Yves Klein - Frémissement, 1960
Wood panel and gold leaf

14. Jannis Kounellis - Senzo Titolo, 2009
Wood and gold leaf
Guilt wood, metal bed base, iron post, coats and hats.

15. Kolkoz - La Bataille, 2010
Wood and gold leaf
Moldings and frames

16. Gabriel Orozco - Tronco 1, 2008
Tempera, gold leaf and wood

17. John Armleder - Untitled, 1989
Wood panel, lacquer and gold leaf

18. James Lee Byars - Is, 1987
Wood and gold leaf

19. Gold and Metal
Gold-plated copper
Rudolf Stingel - Untitled, 2009

20. Gold and Metal
Bronze statue, white gold leaf
Johan Creten - Strange Fruit, 2002/2009

21. Gold and Stone
Marble, gold leaf
James Lee Byars - The figure of the First Question, 1987/1995

22. Gypsum and gold leaf
Jan van de Pavert – Sculpture, Model, 2006-2007

23. Gold and Paper
Papier maché, chicken wire and gold leaf
Mai Thu Perret - Heroine of the People (Golden Rock), 2005

24. Gold and Paper
Gold leaf on wall
Claudio Parmiggiani - La Chambre d'or

25. Gold and Paper
Embossed paper (braille) and gold leaf
Alain Jacquet - Les 64 Kua, 1971-1973

26. Gold and Paper
Gold and silver leaf, textile, newspaper, paint, wood, paper, glue and nails in wood
Robert Rauschenberg - Untitles (Gold painting), 1953

27. Gold and Paper
Gold covered wall, coat stand with coat and hat
Jannis Kounellis - Civil Tragedy, 1975/2006

28. Gold and Paper
Inkjet and gold leaf on paper
McDermott & McCaugh - Is that you? 1936, 2010

29. Gold and Paper
Ink, graphite and gold leaf on paperback novel
Matthew Barney - Encient Evenings: Ba Libretto, 2009

30. Gold and Paper
Gold leaf and cradboard
Danh Vo - Colgate Box, 2010

31. Gold and Paper
Vintage postcard and gold leaf
Fabrice Samyn - Trouve le Temps, 2013

32. Gold and Glass
Venitian mirror, class container, gold
Orlan - Miroirs portrait-stress of our society, 2009. (detail)

33. Gold and Glass
Murano glass, cristal, gold leaf
Jean-Michel Othoniel - Les Belles Danses (Detail), 2015

34. Gold and Bone
Bronze, gold, human bone, human bone powder
Jan Fabre - Vermis dorsualis & Devil Masks, 2002. (detail)

35. Gold and Clay
Clay, leather belt (not visible), gold leaf
Franck Scurti - Empty Worlds, série B, 2009. (detail))

36. Gold and Clay
Ceramic, gold leaf and video (not shown)
Nasan Tur - Public Sculptures, 2008-2010

37. Composite construction
Gold alloy, immaculate dust
Barry X Ball - Kunst- und Wunderkammer, 1992-1993

38. Composite construction
Larvae, gold, precious and semi-precious stones
Hubert Duprat - Untitled (Trichoptère), 1993

39. Gold and Straw
Women's summer hat, gold leaf
Ann Veronica Janssens - L'été (Summer), 2011

40. Marouflages canvas and gold leaf
Rachel Grataloup - Matrcie Nantua, 2007

41. Gold leaf, canvas and plaster
Feuille d’or, toile et plâtre
Jim Hodges - And Still This (Detail), 2005-2008

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