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In 2019, IFC's mockumentary show Documentary Now! parodied Abramović's work and the documentary film Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present. The episode, titled "Waiting for the Artist", starred Cate Blanchett as Isabella Barta (Abramović) and Fred Armisen as Dimo (Ulay).
Marina Abramović, The Artist is Present, performed at the Museum of Modern Art, 2010 (photo: Alejandro Mallea, CC BY 2.0) “Sit silently with the artist for a duration of your choosing”—so the instructions read on a small plaque in the second-floor atrium at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA).
Aug 21, 2024 · Marina Abramovic, Yugoslav-born performance artist known for works that tested the endurance and limitations of her body and mind. Her notable projects include Balkan Baroque (1997), The House with the Ocean View (2002), and The Artist Is Present (2010). Learn more about Abramovic’s life and career.
Abramović’s presentation of her body is notably classical: in pictorializing it, in her staging, she privileges symmetry, a strong central image, and formal balance. In ‘The Artist is Present’, for instance, the table and chairs are placed centrally in a large demarcated square area of the atrium.
Jun 12, 2012 · The documentary “Marina Abramovic the Artist Is Present” is a portrait more celebratory than analytical of the Yugoslav-born performance artist, directed by Matthew Akers.
- Matthew Akers, Jeff Dupre
The most mundane act of human contact had been turned, as if by magic, into an irresistible catalyst for emotion. The performance, accompanying Abramović’s 2010 MoMA retrospective The Artist Is Present, was a culmination of her lifelong investigation into the dynamics of human encounters.
Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present: Directed by Matthew Akers, Jeff Dupre. With Marina Abramovic, Ulay, Klaus Biesenbach, David Balliano. A documentary that follows the Serbian performance artist as she prepares for a retrospective of her work at The Museum of Modern Art in New York.
