Klaus Ottmann visits Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss his book "Overcoming the Problematics of Art: The Writings of Yves Klein." This event took place on August 18, 2008, as part of the Authors@Google series.

International Klein Blue (IKB) was developed and later patented by French artist Yves Klein as part of his search for the color which best represented the "authenticity of the pure idea."

In 1958 Klein's color effectively became the art. Klein embarked on a series of monochromatic works using IKB as the central theme. These included performance art where Klein painted models' naked bodies and had them walk, roll and sprawl upon blank canvases as well as more conventional single-color canvases.

This compendium is the first complete collection of Klein's writings. Klein blended spirituality with philosophy and served as an agitator of ideas to argue for the employment of art in the service of social change.