Yogoslavian performance artist based in New York who began her career in the early 1970s. Her work explores the relationship between performer and audience, the limits of the body, and the possibilities of the mind.
A well-known work of hers is 'The artist is present', where she sat in a room on a chair next to rooms filled with her other works, and people could queue up to sit in front of her.
Really recently she had a show called 'Generator', where it's visitors were made to put on blindfolds and headphones. It's an artwork that focuses on nothingness, at it's simplest. Her artist's statement reads as follows:
'It took me 25 years to have the courage, the concentration and the knowledge to come to this, the idea that there would be art without any objects, solely an exchange between the performer and the public'.
I found this quite interesting in the New York Time's 'arts beat' blog:
In a brief interview, she explained that “Generator” was born out of “512 Hours,” when she became taken with the idea of removing herself and her art-star status from the work. “This is the thing: people want to see you, and then go home,” she said. “This is not about that.”
Here's a youtube video I found where she talks a little bit about being a young artist, and appreciating things as you do them. Even something as simple as drinking water:
A well-known work of hers is 'The artist is present', where she sat in a room on a chair next to rooms filled with her other works, and people could queue up to sit in front of her.
Really recently she had a show called 'Generator', where it's visitors were made to put on blindfolds and headphones. It's an artwork that focuses on nothingness, at it's simplest. Her artist's statement reads as follows:
'It took me 25 years to have the courage, the concentration and the knowledge to come to this, the idea that there would be art without any objects, solely an exchange between the performer and the public'.
I found this quite interesting in the New York Time's 'arts beat' blog:
In a brief interview, she explained that “Generator” was born out of “512 Hours,” when she became taken with the idea of removing herself and her art-star status from the work. “This is the thing: people want to see you, and then go home,” she said. “This is not about that.”
Here's a youtube video I found where she talks a little bit about being a young artist, and appreciating things as you do them. Even something as simple as drinking water:
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