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Artist a Day: Marina Abramovic 

Marina Abramovic (b.1946) 

Marina Abramović is a Serbian conceptual and performance artist. Her work explores the relationship between the performer and audience and the body's limits.

LIGHT/DARK

Marina`s Works

Performance Art , 1977

Rest Energy

Marina`s Works

Performance Art, 1980

Marina Abramovic is best known for her piece, in which she explores the different elements of performance art, including ritual and gesture, using knives and tape recorders.

AAA-AAA

Marina`s Works

Performance Art ,1978

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Breathing In/Breathing Out

Marina`s Works

Performance Art , 1977

The well-known knife game is played with two participants who take turns aiming rhythmic knife jabs at each other until one party is knocked out.

Relation in movement

Marina`s Works

Performance Art , 1977

Interruption In Space

Marina`s Works

Performance Art , 1977

Imponderabilia

Marina`s Works

Performance Art , 1977

Freeing the Voice

Marina`s Works

Performance Art , 1975

Each time she cut herself, she would gather the subsequent knife she had set up and record the operation.

Relation in Space

Marina`s Works

Performance Art , 1976

“Your ego can become an obstacle to your work. If you start believing in your greatness, it is the death of your creativity.”  – Marina Abramovic. 

Rhythm 4

Marina`s Works

Performance Art , 1974