Showing posts with label Marina Abramović performance art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Marina Abramović performance art. Show all posts
Sunday, October 12, 2014
Inspiration Sunday
I hope you are having a fabulous end of the week Sunday today. Enjoy!
"There is a kind of anxiety that arises about a separate culture, a separate group. How can we do that to art history? How can we take one half of the population and make it totally separate and different? Well, the point is, at the time in history when these things are subject to finger-pointing, one has to make an educational analysis. But certainly none of us ever wants to live separately. I mean, we just wanted to bring ourselves to the attention of the other gender. And of course, coming back to the discussion of power, we do live in a patriarchy, and the rules are set for us women, and we need to move, to integrate ourselves into the totality of society, and we need to bring our own point of view with us as we do that." ~Miriam Schapiro 1923- (Oral history interview with Miriam Schapiro, 1989 September 10, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution)
Miriam Shapiro / The Twinning of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden / 1989 / 80″ x 116″, (triptych) / Acrylic on Canvas / Flomenhaft Gallery
“It is easy to follow, but it is uninteresting to do easy things. We find out about ourselves only when we take risks, when we challenge and question.”
~Magdalena Abakanowicz 1930-
Magdalena Abakanowicz-Coexistence 2002, burlap, resin
group of 14 pieces 175-215 x 58-65 x 60-90 cm
"So women are at the beginning of building a language, and not all women are conscious of it." ~Judy Chicago 1939-
Judy Chicago-Through the Flower 2-1973
Sprayed acrylic on canvas 60 x 60 in.
Collection of Diane Gelon
"Your ego can become an obstacle to your work. If you start believing in your greatness, it is the death of your creativity." ~Marina Abramović 1946-
Marina Abramović
"I see art-making, especially that which comes from the margins of the mainstream, as a site of resistance, a way of interrupting and intervening in those historical and cultural fields that continually exclude me, a sort of gathering of forces on the borders. For the dominant hegemonic stance that has worked to silence and subdue gender and ethnic difference has also silenced difference based on sexual preference." ~Harmony Hammond 1944- (From Women, Art, and Society: Fourth Edition (2007) by Whitney Chadwick)
Harmony Hammond-Affection 1984
"I think the neat thing about my life was that it all started from my experience, and we both know that even if I talk about my intellectual experience or my experience with people—anything outside of my studio—we know that the artist can provide nothing for society unless it comes from within. We really don’t admire artists who ape other artists; we don’t take them seriously. We say, “Ah, yes, we’ve seen this before.” So I think what’s been neat about my life is that I am totally aware that all my experiences come together in the studio, and afterwards I could branch out and share whatever it was that developed from the work in the studio. I could share it with others, and I did that in many, many ways." ~Miriam Schapiro 1923- (Oral history interview with Miriam Schapiro, 1989 September 10, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution)
“I wanted to tell you that art is the most harmless activity of mankind. But I suddenly recalled that art was often used for propaganda purposes by totalitarian systems. I wanted to tell you about the extraordinary sensitivity of an artist, but I recalled that Hitler was a painter and Stalin used to write sonnets...“Each scientific discovery opens doors behind which we are confronted with new closed doors. Art does not solve problems but makes us aware of their existence...” ~Magdalena Abakanowicz 1930-
"I am trying to make art that relates to the deepest and most mythic concerns of human kind and I believe that, at this moment of history, feminism is humanism." ~Judy Chicago 1939-
"Art will remain the most astonishing activity of mankind, born out of struggle between wisdom and madness, between dream and reality, in our mind." ~Magdalena Abakanowicz 1930-
"The function of the artist in a disturbed society is to give awareness of the universe, to ask the right questions, and to elevate the mind." ~Marina Abramović 1946-
That is Inspiration Sunday for this week. Hope you have plans for an extra creative and astonishing week; elevate our minds and ask the right questions :)
'Til tomorrow!
~Alex
Friday, October 10, 2014
Marina Abramović-Her Body as Medium and Subject
I am going through the whole list systematically because, otherwise, I may just talk about a few of the artists if I allowed myself to just choose the artists I think I like most.
No good. Because, I have found that once I begin to research the artists I find them all very interesting, and this opens my mind to them more and I learn other things along the way too.
Certainly, the curators of the show included each of these artists because they felt their contribution to the history of feminist art was significant. And, as Fran Smith says in her article in Edutopia; Why Arts Education Is Crucial, and Who's Doing It Best:
A 2005 report by the Rand Corporation about the visual arts argues that the intrinsic pleasures and stimulation of the art experience do more than sweeten an individual's life -- according to the report, they "can connect people more deeply to the world and open them to new ways of seeing," creating the foundation to forge social bonds and community cohesion.So, in the interest of creating the foundation to forge social bonds and community cohesion we are going to talk about Marina Abramović today.
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| Dozing Consciousness (c) Marina Abramovic |
One of her first installations was the use of her hand and several knives where she recorded the sounds she emitted each time she cut herself and then switched to another knife. Sound pretty weird?
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| Rhythm 10 (c) Marina Abramovic |
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| Marina Abramovic’ and Ulay, Relation in Time. Originally performed at 1977 for 17 hours at Studio G7, Bologna. Still from 16 mm film transferred to video (black and white, sound), 50:33 min. (c) 2010 Marina Abramovic. Courtesy the Artist and Sean Kelly Gallery/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. |
In a 2011 article written in The Telegraph by Alastair Sooke titled: "Marina Abramovic: 'It takes strong willpower to do what I do’ On the eve of a typically severe new show, performance artist Marina Abramovic explains how her work can change your life." Abramović explains her own art this way:
“What I’m doing is inventing events that I am afraid of. I go in front of the public and, if I can do it, they can do it, too. That’s why performance art – if it’s good – can be a life-changing experience.”
She pauses. “This is the function of an artist. I am not a therapist. I am not a spiritual leader. These elements are in the art: it is therapeutic, spiritual, social and political – everything. It has many layers. But art has to have many layers. If it doesn’t, then forget it.”Well. I agree with that...art has to have many layers.
Balkan Baroque (c) 2010 Marina Abramovic
In case you are taking Marina's artworks too seriously, a visit to this site - created by Scott Indrisek-may just take care of that :) - pretty funny!
Hope you experience many layered art today for yourself.
'Til tomorrow!
~Alex
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