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Marina Abramović | Art21 Watch Read Explore Artists Search Autoplay:OnOff Menu Close About News Calendar For Educators Screening Society Awards Watch live Shop Donate Support Art21 for Everyone Our Series Art in the Twenty-First Century Extended Play New York Close Up Artist to Artist William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible Specials Art21.live An always-on video channel featuring programming hand selected by Art21 Playlists Curated by Art21 staff, with guest contributions from artists, educators, and more Art21 Library Explore over 700 videos from Art21's television and digital series Latest Video 9:47Add to watchlist "Now and Forever" Kerry James Marshall Extended PlayDecember 6, 2023 Search Searching Art21… Welcome to your watchlist Look for the plus icon next to videos throughout the site to add them here. Save videos to watch later, or make a selection to play back-to-back using the autoplay feature. Marina Abramović Marina Abramović was born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia in 1946. A pioneer of performance as a visual art form, Abramović has used her body as both subject and medium of her performances to test her physical, mental, and emotional limits—often pushing beyond them and even risking her life—in a quest for heightened consciousness, transcendence, and self-transformation. Characterized by endurance and pain—and by repetitive behavior, actions of long duration, and intense public interactions and energy dialogues—her work has engaged, fascinated, and sometimes repelled live audiences. The universal themes of life and death are recurring motifs, often enhanced by the use of symbolic visual elements or props such as crystals, bones, knives, tables, and pentagrams. While the sources of some works lie in her personal history (the circumstances of her childhood and family life under Communist rule in the former Yugoslavia), others lie in more recent and contemporary events, such as the wars in her homeland and other parts of the world. Marina Abramović attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Belgrade (1965–70) and the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb, Yugoslavia (1970–72). She received an honorary doctorate from the Art Institute of Chicago (2004). She has also received many other honors, including a Golden Lion at the 47th Venice Biennale (1997); a Bessie (2003); and awards from the International Association of Art Critics (2003, 2007). Abramović has had major exhibitions and performances at the Garage Art Center, Moscow (2011); Manchester International Festival (2011); Museum of Modern Art, New York (2010); Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (2005); Whitney Biennial (2004); Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (2001); Irish Museum of Modern Art (2001); Documenta (1977, 1982, 1992); and the Venice Biennale (1976, 1997, 2009). Marina Abramović lives and works in New York City. Read more Videos 5 4:30Add to watchlist Singing Lesson Marina Abramović Extended Play 5:38Add to watchlist Embracing Fashion Marina Abramović Extended Play 54:30 History Art in the Twenty-First CenturySeason 6 17:42Add to watchlist Marina Abramović in "History" Art in the Twenty-First CenturySeason 6 1:13Add to watchlist Marina Abramović in "History" Preview Art in the Twenty-First CenturySeason 6 ThemesMedium FeminismsThe BodyRules and ConstraintsPerformance Galleries Artist at Work24 ImagesArtwork Survey: 2010s4 ImagesArtwork Survey: 2000s14 ImagesArtwork Survey: 1990s8 ImagesArtwork Survey: 1980s2 ImagesArtwork Survey: 1970s8 ImagesArtist Survey: 1960s1 Images Watch Read Explore Artists About News For Educators Screening Society Shop Give More Art21 Facebook Twitter Instagram TikTok LinkedIn YouTube Watch live Television series on PBS Donate Art21 is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization; all donations are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law. Terms of Use Privacy Policy Accessibility Licensing and Reproduction Press Contact Us ©2023 Art21 Close Search Searching Art21… Watch Read Explore Artists Search About News Calendar For Educators Screening Society Awards Watch live Shop Donate More Art21 Facebook Twitter Instagram TikTok LinkedIn YouTube Watch live Television series on PBS Terms of Use Privacy Policy Accessibility Licensing and Reproduction Press Contact Us Back Our Series Art in the Twenty-First Century Extended Play New York Close Up Artist to Artist William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible Specials Art21.live An always-on video channel featuring programming hand selected by Art21 Playlists Curated by Art21 staff, with guest contributions from artists, educators, and more Art21 Library Explore over 700 videos from Art21's television and digital series

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