Marina Abramovic The Artist is Present


The black and white photograph of Ulay and Marina
Marina Abramovic The Artist is Present by Matthew Akers
USA 2011, Panorama
Courtesy of Marina Abramovic

Marina Abramovic The Artist is Present by Matthew Akers
USA 2011, Panorama
© Marco Anelli

Marina Abramovic
Marina Abramovic The Artist is Present by Matthew Akers
USA 2011, Panorama
© David Smoler
At the exhibition, which screened videos of her early works (some created with her then partner Ulay) and staged performances reconstructed by her students, Abramović herself was also present: for three months – the entire duration of the exhibition – she sat motionless on a chair for six days a week in the middle of the atrium. One by one, visitors were able to sit opposite her and enter into a ‘mental dialogue’ with her.
This film accompanies Abramović prior to, during and after the exhibition; it also observes her interacting with curators, gallery owners and students as well as with her audiences, and shows her behind the scenes, thus providing an intimate portrait of an artist who truly deserves to be described as the ‘mother of performance art’.
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Ulay, Matthew Akers, Wieland Speck, Marina Abramović, Jeff Dupre
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Marina Abramovic The Artist is Present · Panorama · Feb 11, 2012