You may ask who is Marina Abramovic and how did she become so well know. She is a women that said she thinks of the body as the “point of departure for any spiritual development” and she constantly showed this in her work but she did not become successful overnight. She stared as a young girl born in Serbia in 1946” (SYME, 1). She was raised by Danica her mother and a father by the name of Vojin Abromovic; they were two people basically embedded in the concept on communism and held high positions in their government. As time went on her father and mother separated and she around that time is when she noticed her passion for art with her mother’s full support. That passion did not come from just anywhere she was inspired by the art scene in
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Though some may have gotten to know her for Rhythm series during the 1970’s she began during performance art while completing her education at the Academy of Fine Art in Zagreb (SYME,2)( Ungvarsky,1-3). Now as I mention before most people learnt or knew of her form her Rhythm series. The series is a series of different performance pieces done in the 1970’s. Though the series is very famous there is one in particular called “Rhythm 0” were she gave her audience or co-artist a chance to be involved in her work by laying a number of weapons and allowing them to choose which one to use on her (SYME,1). You may think may a knife or something but she took it serious and so extreme that one of the options for a weapon was a loaded gun. I also, learned from the Salem Press Biographical Encyclopedia that she not only put everything she had in her artwork but she also, did the same for love. In 1975 after meeting a fellow artist Ulay while on a trip to Yugoslavia they started a team and partnership that lead to great things like “Breathing in / Breathing out” and “Light/Dark” in …show more content…
She has been praised for allowing audience members to become artists themselves by participating in her shows. She has also established the Marina Abramović Institute in New York to provide a permanent place to recognize art such as hers that is time-based and has no lasting physical form (Ungvarsky, 4).
Her dedication and influence was also, pointed out on the website theartstory.org.
She has been, and continues to be, an essential influence for performance artists making work over the last several decades, especially for works that challenge the limits of the body. Although she does not view her own artwork through the frame of Feminist Art, her confrontations with the physical self and the primary role given to the female body have helped shape the direction of that discipline (Marina Abramović Biography,
Though some may have gotten to know her for Rhythm series during the 1970’s she began during performance art while completing her education at the Academy of Fine Art in Zagreb (SYME,2)( Ungvarsky,1-3). Now as I mention before most people learnt or knew of her form her Rhythm series. The series is a series of different performance pieces done in the 1970’s. Though the series is very famous there is one in particular called “Rhythm 0” were she gave her audience or co-artist a chance to be involved in her work by laying a number of weapons and allowing them to choose which one to use on her (SYME,1). You may think may a knife or something but she took it serious and so extreme that one of the options for a weapon was a loaded gun. I also, learned from the Salem Press Biographical Encyclopedia that she not only put everything she had in her artwork but she also, did the same for love. In 1975 after meeting a fellow artist Ulay while on a trip to Yugoslavia they started a team and partnership that lead to great things like “Breathing in / Breathing out” and “Light/Dark” in …show more content…
She has been praised for allowing audience members to become artists themselves by participating in her shows. She has also established the Marina Abramović Institute in New York to provide a permanent place to recognize art such as hers that is time-based and has no lasting physical form (Ungvarsky, 4).
Her dedication and influence was also, pointed out on the website theartstory.org.
She has been, and continues to be, an essential influence for performance artists making work over the last several decades, especially for works that challenge the limits of the body. Although she does not view her own artwork through the frame of Feminist Art, her confrontations with the physical self and the primary role given to the female body have helped shape the direction of that discipline (Marina Abramović Biography,