Abstract
- Marina Abramović deconstructs her well-known “Blue Interval” and “Pink Interval” video-based works as 1,200 particular person photographic stills
- Every nonetheless is exclusive and one in every of one, providing collectors an opportunity to amass a tangible piece of her performances
In a brand new exhibition at Saatchi Yates in London, famend conceptual artist Marina Abramović is giving her work a radical new kind. The landmark present reimagines two of her well-known efficiency movies, “Blue Interval” and “Pink Interval,” by remodeling them right into a sequence of 1,200 particular person photographic stills.
Akin to the artist intervals of Picasso and Matisse, Abramović’s items discover the extremes of human emotion and bodily endurance in her personal chapter. In “Pink Interval,” she is seen in an in depth up, bathed in pink gentle together with her expression shifting between playful and confrontational. In “Blue Interval,” she is proven biting her fingernails as a pop tune performs, with the act embodying vulnerability and emotional coldness.
Initially half of a bigger set up, these movies at the moment are reborn as an archive of stillness and depth. By displaying every distinctive nonetheless, the exhibition invitations viewers to interact with the works on a brand new degree, lingering on every body to witness the intimate particulars of each performances.
Marina Abramović: “Blue Interval” and “Pink Interval” is on view at Saatchi Yates in London from October 1-31.
Saatchi Yates
14 Bury St.
London SW1Y 6AL
United Kingdom
