If you are in NYC, you must check out Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present at the MoMA. This retrospective of Marina's work includes her collaborative work with Ulay. Marina and Ulay performed together for 12 years. I was told that they had not spoken until the opening day of this retrospective when he showed up to confront her about this performance. I should do some fact checking on that statement, but what an incredible pair. I was completely in awe of the entire exhibition. There were pieces I knew, like Imponderablilia, show here:
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but mostly I was experiencing these performances (re-enactments) for the first time. Marina hired 39 performers to reenactment 5 pieces. Just incredible.
Watch The Artist Is Present live here during museum hours.
Marina Abramović will be performing The Artist Is Present March 14–May 31, 2010
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