The other night I stumbled upon an artist currently doing an exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art in NYC. Her name is Marina Abramović and she's doing things that make my own and most others art seem, I don't know, boring?? I mean, here she is sitting in a chair, not moving, not blinking, probably barely breathing, staring into a totals strangers eyes, all day for hours at a time....and I'm fiddling with brushes and pencils.
In the picture below, The House With The Ocean View where, she is in full view for 12 days living on a shelf in a gallery in NY. She didn't speak or eat the entire time, except for drinking water. She has said the fasting helped her connect to the audience. Some of which were actually brought to tears starring into her eyes.
One part of the exhibition features two naked performers standing facing each other in a doorway, in which any visitor that wishes to pass them must squeeze through between them.
The whole thing is a retrospective of 5 of her past works performed by other artists. The idea of performance art always seemed odd to me, maybe I thought it was overly dramatic and couldnt be taken seriously...I'm not sure why. Although she is different to me, I'm absolutely intrigued to go and see her and the exhibit in person.
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