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think- ago

Speaking of Abramovic....there's an article about her in today's Guardian, and guess what? They mention Pizzagate! ;-)

While her own performance work is linked with shamanistic rituals, the far right have misunderstood her art as Satanism.

Her work surfaced during the Pizzagate scandal of 2016, where one of Abramovic’s emails to Democratic lobbyist Tony Podesta (brother of Hillary Clinton campaign chair John Podesta) refers to a “Spirit Cooking,” which is the name of an artwork she made in 1996. It was assumed to be an occult ritual.

“People can so easily put labels, we are afraid of everything,” she said. “I talk openly on every single subject in my work, it’s very important to understand it and put it in the right context.”

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/feb/13/marina-abramovic-i-am-not-interested-in-small-questions

But it doesn't stop there, there's an opinion piece by The Guardian's art critic, who some time ago argued in favour of a painting of Balthus, creator of pedophile art at the MoMa.

Markb63 ago

Why didn't they quote the email.