Almost Blue

Visual Description

A vertical format in blues and night tones. From a velvety blue with fine scratches and grain rises the outline of a head in profile, turned to the right, with hair tied up. Face and clothing are black, without inner detail, and the shoulders dissolve into dark areas. At the lower edge, a soft violet resonates.

Artistic Interpretation

The figure is there and not there. Instead of facial features, the picture shows an attitude: withdrawal, thoughtfulness, night. The blue does not feel cool here but like a space one can retreat into.

Art-Historical Context

The silhouette portrait has a long tradition, from cut-paper silhouettes to photography. Boehm brings it close to Gerhard Richter’s principle of blur and gives it the depth of a color space.

Exclusivity

Part of a series in blue that also includes “Profile Blue” and “Blue Shadow.” Together, the three works form a trilogy that works individually as well as a group.

Collector Value

For bedrooms, libraries, practices and hotels: the deep color acts as a calm focal point and holds its own against dark walls and subdued light.

More About the Artist

Olli Boehm combines digital photography with mixed-media interventions to create layered pictorial spaces in which reality, memory and atmosphere interlock. His works condense urban and human situations into visual metaphors—between blur, texture and precise composition.

Condition Report

A detailed condition report with information on printing process, support and edition is available on request before purchase.