Marina Abramovic
13 Oct - 13 Nov 2010
MARINA ABRAMOVIC
October 13 - November 13, 2010
Lisson Gallery is pleased to announce a new exhibition by Marina Abramovic;, the first show of Abramovic’s work at Lisson Gallery. Comprising both new and old works and spread over the two galleries, this major exhibition will explore the corporeal and cerebral output of her work as a performance artist.
Since the beginning of her career in Belgrade during the early 1970s, Marina Abramovic; has led the way in performance as a visual art form. Described as 'one of the defining artists of radical performance', she has transcended the form's provocative origins and created some of the most important works in the genre. Challenging, uncompromising and often shocking, Abramovic's durational practice continually experiments with, and explores the boundaries of, both her mental and physical endurance and that of her audience. With her body as both subject and medium, she tests the relationship between performer and audience, withstanding pain, exhaustion and danger in her quest for emotional, liberating and conscious altering transformation.
In connection to her show at Lisson Gallery Marina Abramovic will be speaking at Tate Modern as part of the Talking Art series, 16 October 2010, 2-3.30pm. She will also be participating in the Serpentine Gallery’s Map Marathon: Maps for the 21st Century, 16-17 October 2010, a multi-dimensional event curated by Serpentine Gallery Co-Director Hans Ulrich Obrist.
October 13 - November 13, 2010
Lisson Gallery is pleased to announce a new exhibition by Marina Abramovic;, the first show of Abramovic’s work at Lisson Gallery. Comprising both new and old works and spread over the two galleries, this major exhibition will explore the corporeal and cerebral output of her work as a performance artist.
Since the beginning of her career in Belgrade during the early 1970s, Marina Abramovic; has led the way in performance as a visual art form. Described as 'one of the defining artists of radical performance', she has transcended the form's provocative origins and created some of the most important works in the genre. Challenging, uncompromising and often shocking, Abramovic's durational practice continually experiments with, and explores the boundaries of, both her mental and physical endurance and that of her audience. With her body as both subject and medium, she tests the relationship between performer and audience, withstanding pain, exhaustion and danger in her quest for emotional, liberating and conscious altering transformation.
In connection to her show at Lisson Gallery Marina Abramovic will be speaking at Tate Modern as part of the Talking Art series, 16 October 2010, 2-3.30pm. She will also be participating in the Serpentine Gallery’s Map Marathon: Maps for the 21st Century, 16-17 October 2010, a multi-dimensional event curated by Serpentine Gallery Co-Director Hans Ulrich Obrist.