It show the thought that goes into her works and her seriousness of purpose. If you just read about her stuff, it can sound quite juvenile or shocking for shocking sake. And tons of other performance artists have learned the worst or most shallow lessons from her pieces.
And you can see why people are attracted to her work and why people are repelled by her work. Sometimes both.
But there's definitely something that sets her work apart. Her pieces often deal with her fears and she works through some scary stuff in her work. Check out this piece. Real bow. Real arrow. Microphones picking up their nervous energy as they try to stay still.
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AreWeSure ago
I would begin with the Marina Abramovic documentary, The Artist is Present. http://www.musicboxfilms.com/filebin/films/marina_abramovic_artist/600_marina.jpg
It show the thought that goes into her works and her seriousness of purpose. If you just read about her stuff, it can sound quite juvenile or shocking for shocking sake. And tons of other performance artists have learned the worst or most shallow lessons from her pieces.
And you can see why people are attracted to her work and why people are repelled by her work. Sometimes both. But there's definitely something that sets her work apart. Her pieces often deal with her fears and she works through some scary stuff in her work. Check out this piece. Real bow. Real arrow. Microphones picking up their nervous energy as they try to stay still.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcaaVZrUC44