Martin Firrell
Blue Contains
All the Longing
a Human Being
Is Capable of
2020
Die Chromatika is a new psychological theory of colour for the 21st Century, created by the artist in response to Goethe's 'Theory of Colours' and Rudolf Steiner's writings on colour.
Of blue the artist wrote: I love the way blue light seems to be moving away from you, and yet it is also light travelling towards you in the darkness.
Rudolf Steiner said that blue gives the impression of retreating away from us and this makes us want to move towards it, to follow it, to reach out for it.
I felt that if you had the perfect blue, it would be a perfect expression of longing. It would contain all the longing a human being could ever feel.
Displayed
Switzerland, July 2020
Thanks to
Kirsten Behle, Ursulina Stecher
Supported by
Clear Channel Schweiz