Archive for Marina Abramović

“The knife is real, the blood is real, and the emotions are real.”

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An interview with the famous Serbian American artist Marina Abramović
(with many photos of her spectacular body performances) > full text
(c) A Sky filled with Shooting Stars, 2010

Interview with HER

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , , , on 26 October 2012 by delclem

Interview (c) MoMa / YouTube, 2012

A current exhibition of Marina Abramović‘s works is currently on @ Gallery Krinzinger, Vienna.

‘To make German men cry is not an easy task’

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , on 3 March 2012 by delclem

“In silence, with my eyes closed, I spent 5 minutes drinking a glass of water. It was ‘a ritualization of everyday life’ administered to me by Marina Abramović to illustrate the methods behind her art.

The Yugoslavia-born, New York-based Abramovic, is at 65, one of the world’s best-known performance artists: she has rendered herself unconscious, whipped and poisoned herself and stood motionless for six hours while audience members were invited to use any of 75 display objects upon her – including knives and chains.” >read more

(c) Ross Simonini, THE GLOBE & MAIL, 20 February 2012; photo: Michael Falco

“The unbearable monotony of stereotypes”

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , , , , , , , on 15 April 2011 by delclem

Damir Nikšić is a Stockholm-based artist from Sarajevo (°1960).
His videos, installations, and performance work address
Orientalism in culture and cross-cultural psychology.

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