Marina Abramović Performance and Body Art of the 1970s.

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Marina Abramović Performance and Body Art of the 1970s.

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Marina Abramović

Performance and Body Art of the 1970s.

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Marina Abramović (Yugoslav b. 1946)

• “When I was in Yugoslavia, I was always thinking that art was a kind of question between life and death, and some of my performances really included the possibility of dying.”

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Carolee Schneemann, Interior Scroll, 1975.

Ana Mendieta, Silueta, 1973-77

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Rhythm Series

1973-74

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Yoko Ono, Cut Piece (1964)

Performance at Yamaichi Concert Hall,

Kyoto, Japan.

From: Crow, Thomas E.,. The Rise of the Sixties: American and European Art in the Era of Dissent. New Haven, CT. Yale University Press. 2004.

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Rhythm 10

1973

1 hour.

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Marina Abramović, Rhythm 10, 1973.

Performance, 1 hour

Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Villa

Borghese, Rome

From: Abramović, Marina, and Klaus Biesenbach. 2010. Marina Abramovic: the artist is present. New York: Museum of Modern Art.

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Marina Abramović, Rhythm 10, 1973.

Performance, 1 hour

Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Villa

Borghese, Rome

From: Abramović, Marina, and Klaus Biesenbach. 2010. Marina Abramovic: the artist is present. New York: Museum of Modern Art.

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Chris Burden, Shoot, November 19, 1971.

F Space , Santta Ana, CA at 7:45pm

From: Jones, Amelia. Perform, Repeat, Record : Live Art in History. Bristol ; Chicago: Intellect, 2012.

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Rhythm 5

1974

1 ½ hours.

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Marina Abramović, Rhythm 5, 1974.

Performance, 1 ½ hours.

Student Cultural Center,

Belgrade

From: Abramović, Marina, and Klaus Biesenbach. 2010. Marina Abramovic: the artist is present. New York: Museum of Modern Art.

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Marina Abramović, Rhythm 5, 1974.

Performance, 1 ½ hours.

Student Cultural Center,

Belgrade

From: Abramović, Marina, and Klaus Biesenbach. 2010. Marina Abramovic: the artist is present. New York: Museum of Modern Art.

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Rhythm 2

1974, Zagreb

7 hours.

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Marina Abramović, Rhythm 2, 1974.

Performance, 7 hours (total).

Galerija, Suvremene

Umjetnosti, Zagreb.

From: Abramović, Marina, and Klaus Biesenbach. 2010. Marina Abramovic: the artist is present. New York: Museum of Modern Art.

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Marina Abramović, Rhythm 2, 1974.

Performance, 7 hours (total).

Galerija, Suvremene

Umjetnosti, Zagreb.

From: Abramović, Marina, and Klaus Biesenbach. 2010. Marina Abramovic: the artist is present. New York: Museum of Modern Art.

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Rhythm 4

1974

45 minutes.

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Marina Abramović, Rhythm 4, 1974.

Performance, 45 minutes.

Galleria Diagramma, Milan.

From: Abramović, Marina, and Klaus Biesenbach. 2010. Marina Abramovic: the artist is present. New York: Museum of Modern Art.

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Rhythm 0

1974

6 hours.

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Marina Abramović, Rhythm O, 1974.Studio Mona, Naples.From: Abramović, Marina, and Klaus Biesenbach. 2010. Marina Abramovic: the artist is present. New York: Museum of Modern Art.

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Marina Abramović, Rhythm O, 1974.Studio Mona, Naples.From: Abramović, Marina, and Klaus Biesenbach. 2010. Marina Abramovic: the artist is present. New York: Museum of Modern Art.

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Marina Abramović, Rhythm O, 1974.Studio Mona, Naples.From: Abramović, Marina, and Klaus Biesenbach. 2010. Marina Abramovic: the artist is present. New York: Museum of Modern Art.

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Marina Abramović, from the performance Art must be Beautiful, Artist must be Beautiful, 1975

Marina Abramović, Lips of Thomas, 1975.Performance, 2 hours.Galerie Krinzinger, Innsbruck. From: Abramović, Marina, and Klaus Biesenbach. 2010. Marina Abramovic: the artist is present. New York: Museum of Modern Art.

 

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Ulay-Abramović

Collaborative Performances

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Marina Abramović and Ulay, Relation in Space, 1976.

Performance.

From: Crow, Thomas E.,. The Rise of the Sixties: American and European Art in the Era of Dissent. New Haven, CT. Yale University Press. 2004.

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Marina Abramović and Ulay, Imponderabilia, 1977.

Performance.

From: Jones, Amelia. Perform, Repeat, Record : Live Art in History. Bristol ; Chicago: Intellect, 2012.

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On Kawara, I Am Still Alive, 1973.Ballpoint pen on four telegrams.The Judith Rothschild Foundation, Contemporary Drawings Collection

Vito Acconci, Seedbed, 1972,Performance.Museum of Modern Art, NY.

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Marina Abramović and Ulay, Relation in Time, 1977.

Performance.

From: Abramović, Marina, and Klaus Biesenbach. 2010. Marina Abramovic: the artist is present. New York: Museum of Modern Art.

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Continued Collaboration & Emphasis on Audience Interaction, 1970s-Present.

Marina Abramović and Ulay, Nightseas Crossing, 1981-87.Performance.

Marina Abramović, The Artist is Present, 2010.Performance, Museum of Modern Art, NY.