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.