Who is Maria Abramovic?
A little about the Yugoslavian Performance Artist…
Marina Abramovic was born in 1946 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Since the early 1970s, when she attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Belgrade, the artist has pioneered the use of performance as a visual art form. Since delving into the world of performance art, Abramovic has explored the physical and mental limits of her being. She has withstood pain, exhaustion and danger in the quest for emotional and spiritual transofmration.
Abramovic has presented her work with performances, sound, photography, video, sculpture and Transitory Objects for Human and Non Human Use in solo exhibitions at major institutions in the US and Europe. Her work has also been included in many large-scale international exhibitions.
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