Luminosity (performance art)
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Luminosity (1997) was a performance art installation by Serbian artist Marina Abramović at Sean Kelly Gallery, New York. Along with Insomnia and Dissolution, Luminosity formed part of a larger work by Abramović called Spirit House.[1]
In Luminosity, Abramović appears nude, balancing herself on a bicycle seat on a pedestal apparatus, mounted high on the wall.[2] The artist keeps her arms and legs fully extended, evoking Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man.[3] However, this posture places painful pressure where her genitals make contact with the seat. Throughout the performance, the artist is bathed in light of changing intensity.[1][3]
Luminosity is considered an example of endurance art. The work was reperformed in continually, in shifts, by the artist's trainees for 700 hours during the retrospective exhibition, Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present at the Museum of Modern Art in 2010.[2][3][4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Turim, Maureen (2003-12-01). "Marina Abramović's Performance: Stresses on the Body and Psyche in Installation Art". Camera Obscura: Feminism, Culture, and Media Studies. 18 (3 (54)): 99–117. doi:10.1215/02705346-18-3_54-99. ISSN 0270-5346.
- ^ a b Bailey, Brittney. "Preparing for Performance Art with Marina Abramovic". Gnome Magazine. Retrieved 2021-11-04.
- ^ a b c Grobe, Christopher (2011-02-01). "Twice Real: Marina Abramović And the Performance Archive". Theater. 41 (1): 104–113. doi:10.1215/01610775-2010-025. ISSN 0161-0775.
- ^ "Marina Abramović. Luminosity. 1997/2010 | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2021-11-04.
External links
[edit]- Interview New York Magazine - Provocateur: Marina Abramovic
- Review of Seedbed, Theatre Journal - May 2006
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