Marina Abramović
Blue Period Archive Print
61.700 CZK
About the artwork
Marina Abramović
Red Period Archive Print
1998
Print
A series of limited edition pigment prints
Framed
32 × 40 cm
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This series of limited-edition pigment prints captures unique moments from Marina Abramović’s video works. The titles Red Period and Blue Period consciously reference Matisse’s use of red and Picasso’s Blue Period, in which colour played a significant role. Abramović, however, takes these historical references in her own direction, transforming monochromatic colour into a space for exploring emotion and the body.
In Red Period, Abramović appears in close-up, bathed in red light. Her expression oscillates between a seductive gesture and a confrontational gaze. Here, red evokes energy and vitality, but also femininity, seduction, and the anonymity associated with the red lights of the sex industry.
Blue Period, by contrast, works with blue as a symbol of coldness, melancholy, and isolation. Accompanied by repetitive pop music, Abramović obsessively bites her fingernails, her expression oscillating between apathetic detachment and intense suffering. Blue thus becomes a means of exploring vulnerability and the boundaries of the body and psyche.
Each print is hand-signed by the artist on the reverse. The series was presented as part of Marina Abramović’s exhibition at Saatchi Yates gallery in London in 2025.
About author
Marina Abramović (*1946, Belgrade), often referred to as the “Grandmother of Performance Art,” is one of the most prominent and influential figures in contemporary visual art. Since the 1970s, she has pioneered the use of her own body as a central medium to explore physical and mental limits, endurance, and vulnerability. Throughout her career—which includes iconic projects such as Rhythm 0 (1974), a long-standing collaboration with the artist Ulay, and the groundbreaking retrospective The Artist Is Present (2010) at MoMA in New York—she played a crucial role in establishing performance art as a full-fledged artistic discipline. She has received numerous accolades for her work, including the Golden Lion at the 1997 Venice Biennale.
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