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performance art
I. a definition of the movement
Creates a contact with most basic shared instincts:
our physical and psychological needs for food, shelter, sex and human interaction; our individual fears and self-consciousness; our concerns about life, the future, and the world we live in
Violates borders
I. a) roots
late 19th and early 20th century experimental art
theatrical and music performances
Italy, 1909: futurism, ‘art as action’
post World War II shared physical and emotional experiences
interaction with a real person
1960s in the US: Happenings, Fluxus, body art, etc.
links to conceptual art
Giacomo Balla Street Light, 1909
oil on canvas
example of futurism
(a) marina abramovic
1946, Belgrade, Yugoslavia (Serbia)
parental influence
aim: to lessen the distance between the artist and the audience
ritualistic, physically and emotionally demanding
1975—1988: Ulay
the artist is present2010
Ulay and Abramovic Abramovic herself
marinaabramovicmademecry.tumblr.com
in the end it is all about you
society
balkansorthodox
politicsfear
sexuality
relationships
time
love
hate
vulnerability
loss
war
religion
Influences...
(b). joseph beuys 1921, Krefeld, Germany
Catholic middle class family
1940, military
Dusseldorf Academy of Art
1960s contemporary art
Fluxus group
challenging traditional notions
political reform advocate
"The contact with Fluxus endowed the issue of art and life, in Beuys' mind, with a radically different
significance. In Fluxus he recognized a vital current that released new impulses in himself--and here the other side of Beuys emerged, his powerful
sensitivity to, and talent for, the public arena and the media."
Inspirations…war
near death experience
alchemy
shamanism
regeneration
healing
I like America and America likes me1974
how to explain images to a dead hare1965
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S19A_IPgcZ0
mainstream1967
"Art is not there to provide knowledge in direct ways. It produces deepened
perceptions of experience. . . . Art is not there to be simply understood, or we would
have no need of art.”
Joseph Beuys
(c). chris burden1946, Boston, USA
Fine Arts
sociological, political and environmental issues
endangering his life
shoot 1971
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26R9KFdt5aY
trans-fixed 1974
III. connection
The Balkan Baroque, 1997Marina Abramovic
The Crowning with Thorns, 1607Caravaggio
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