Ben Vautier

Benjamin Vautier (French pronunciation: [bɛ̃(ʒamɛ̃) votje]; 18 July 1935 – 5 June 2024), also known mononymously as Ben, was a French visual artist. == Early life == Benjamin Vautier was born on 18 July 1935 in Naples, Italy, to a French family. He was the great-grandson of the Swiss painter Benjamin Vautier (1829–1898). == Career == Vautier discovered Yves Klein and the Nouveau Réalisme in the 1950s, but he quickly became interested in the French dada artist Marcel Duchamp…