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Abramovic inspires with innovative performance art feats


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As part of a performance piece in the early ’70s, Yugoslavian-born Marina Abramovic lied in the outline of a burning star until she lost consciousness. Abramovic’s Museum of Modern Art 2010 exhibition “The Artist is Present” had her spending three months in the museum. She sat in a chair with an empty one across from […]

Still life


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Nihura Montiel, a junior majoring in fine arts, gives a living photograph performance in Watt Hall. The performance was based on Marina Abramovic’s “An Artist’s Manifesto,” an art installation at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.