Art Theory BVA313 26/09/2019

Art Theory BVA313  26/09/2019

Performance Art

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POWER

This group considers their work to be performance art as opposed to a dance performance - this could be interpreted by viewers in many ways.

Marina Abromovic - since 1977 to a retrospective of her work in 2020.  The Artist is Present - you tube

Marina Abramović is a Serbian performance artist, writer, and art filmmaker. Her work explores body art, endurance art and feminist art, the relationship between performer and audience, the limits of the body, and the possibilities of the mind. Wikipedia

Born: 30 November 1946 (age 72 years), Belgrade, Serbia

On view: Modern Art Oxford

Movies: Bob Wilson's Life & Death of Marina Abramovic, MORE

Spouse: Paolo Canevari (m. 2005–2009), Neša Paripović (m. 1971–1976)

TV shows: The New Yorker Presents

confronting - .

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/marina-abramovic-ulay-relationship-interview-1045136

relationship to own practice - confronting the viewer - with a story or performance.

Understanding art - when do they take me seriously?  Performance started in the 1960s as a challenge to painting.  Shared experience of an audience - Artists have to be the warrior - to conquer himself and his weaknesses - state of mind - partner was Ulay for 12 years.

Marina is considered one of the most important artists of the second half of the 20th Century.  Performance at MoMa  - total commitment to show and performance.  The Artist is Present - success or failure