"Marina Abramović has long been recognized as one of the most fearless and innovative figures in conceptual and performance art. Over the course of her decades-long career, she has challenged both her audience and herself through visceral works that test physical limits, emotional endurance, and the boundaries of art itself. In her latest exhibition at Saatchi Yates in London, Abramović reimagines two of her celebrated video works, "Blue Period" and "Red Period," presenting them in a strikingly new form."
"Performance art is, by nature, fleeting. It lives in the present moment, leaving behind memories, impressions, and in many cases, documentation. By extracting 1,200 photographic stills from her two videos, Abramović challenges this ephemerality, turning time-based works into a fixed collection of images. Each still carries the weight of the moment it was captured, freezing emotion and gesture in a way that encourages prolonged observation."
Marina Abramović transforms two of her video performances, Blue Period and Red Period, into a monumental installation of 1,200 photographic stills displayed at Saatchi Yates in London from October 1 to October 31. The stills freeze fleeting moments of performance, reframing time-based work as an evolving archive that invites prolonged, intimate observation. Red Period features crimson lighting and shifting facial expressions between playfulness and confrontation, capturing volatility and vulnerability. The project challenges performance ephemerality by converting motion into fixed images, allowing audiences to slow down and absorb the intensity and emotional range of each captured second.
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