Marina Abramović
October 13 - November 13, 201052-54 & 29 Bell Street, London
Press Release
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Lisson Gallery is pleased to announce a new exhibition by Marina Abramović, the first show of Abramović’s work at Lisson Gallery. Comprised of new and key past works in the mediums of video, photographs and sculpture, the show will be in two parts across both Bell Street galleries. 52-54 Bell Street will feature the Rhythm series, from her early performances, exhibited for the first time in its entirety, while 29 Bell Street will feature new work from her Back to Simplicity series.
Since the beginning of her career in Belgrade during the early 1970s, Marina Abramović has led the way in performance as a visual art form. Described as 'one of the defining artists of radical performance', she has transcended the form's provocative origins and created some of the most important works in the genre. Challenging, uncompromising and often shocking, Abramović's durational practice continually experiments with, and explores the boundaries of, both her mental and physical endurance and that of her audience. With her body as both subject and medium, she tests the relationship between performer and audience, withstanding pain, exhaustion and danger in her quest for emotional, liberating and conscious altering transformation.
In connection with her show at Lisson Gallery Marina Abramović will be speaking at Tate Modern as part of the Talking Art series in collaboration with Art Monthly, 16 October 2010, 2-3.30pm. The artist will be in conversation with Iwona Blazwick, Director of the Whitechapel Art Gallery. She will also be participating in the Serpentine Gallery’s Map Marathon: Maps for the 21st Century, 16-17 October 2010, a multi-dimensional event curated by Serpentine Gallery Co-Director Hans Ulrich Obrist.
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14 October 2010
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Exhibition Images
Marina Abramovic Rhythm 10 1973 21 Photographic prints and text 122.5 x 898 cm
Marina Abramovic Rhythm 10 1973 21 Photographic prints and text 122.5 x 898 cm
Marina Abramovic Rhythm 10 1973 Text detail 21 x 30 cm
Marina Abramovic Rhythm 5 1974 Photographic prints and text 164.5 x 226 cm
Marina Abramovic Rhythm 5 1974 Text detail 21 x 30 cm
Marina Abramovic Rhythm 4 1974 2 Photographic prints and text 250 x 165.5 cm
Marina Abramovic Rhythm 4 1974 Text detail 21 x 30 cm
Marina Abramovic Rhythm 2 1974 8 Photographic prints and text 390 x 500 cm
Marina Abramovic Rhythm 2 1974 Text detail 21 x 30 cm
Marina Abramovic Rhythm 0 1974 Table with 72 objects, slide projector with images of performance and text Dimensions variable
Marina Abramovic Rhythm 0 1974 Table with 72 objects, slide projector with images of performance and text Dimensions variable
Marina Abramovic Rhythm 0 1974 Text Detail 21 x 30 cm
Marina Abramovic Art must be beautiful, Artist must be beautiful 1975 Single screen video 14 Minutes 55 seconds Dimensions variable Performance I brush my hair with a metal brush held in my right hand and simultaneously comb my hair with a metal comb held in my left hand. While so doing, I continuously repeat 'Art must be beautiful', 'Artist must be beautiful', until I have destroyed my hair and face.
Marina Abramovic and Ulay AAA-AAA 1978 Black and white single screen video 9 minutes 54 seconds Dimensions variable Performance We are facing each other, both producing a continuous vocal sound. We slowly build up the tension, our faces coming closer together until we are screaming into each other’s open mouths.
Marina Abramovic and Ulay Light/Dark 1977 Black and white single screen video 6 minutes 41 seconds Dimensions variable Performance We kneel, face to face. Our faces are lit by two strong lamps. Alternately, we slap each other’s face until one of us stops.
Marina Abramovic Breathing in breathing out with Ulay 1977 Black and white photograph 122 x 167.5 cm Performance, 19 minutes We are Kneeling face to face, pressing our mouths together. Our noses are blocked with filter tips. Ulay: I am breathing in Oxygen, I am breathing out Carbon Dioxide Marina: I am breathing in Carbon Dioxide, I am breathing out Carbon Dioxide
Marina Abramovic and Ulay REST ENERGY with Ulay 1980 Color 16 mm film transferred to DVD 4 minutes 5 seconds Dimensions variable Performance Together we held a taut bow and a poised arrow. The weight of our bodies puts tension on the bow. The arrow pointed at Marina’s heart. Small microphones were attached to both our hearts recording the increasing number of heartbeats.
Marina Abramovic Black Dragon (Green quartz pillow) 1994 Green quartz, metal brackets, Lucite plaque 19 x 11.4 x 11.4 cm This work consists of three smooth, concave pieces of quartz crystal affixed to the gallery wall for viewers to lean their heads, chests and sex against. These "pillows," as Marina Abramovic calls them, address both potential healing properties of art and the distance traditionally maintained between viewer and object.
Marina Abramovic Black Dragon (Rose quartz pillow) 1994 Rose quartz, metal brackets, Lucite plaque 19 x 11.4 x 11.4 cm This work consists of three smooth, concave pieces of quartz crystal affixed to the gallery wall for viewers to lean their heads, chests and sex against. These "pillows," as Marina Abramovic calls them, address both potential healing properties of art and the distance traditionally maintained between viewer and object.
Marina Abramovic Portrait with Onions 2008 Color Chromogenic print 120 x 120 cm
Marina Abramovic Portrait with Potatoes 2008 Color Chromogenic print 120 x 120 cm
Marina Abramovic Still life with Onions 2009 Color photographic print
Marina Abramovic Still life with Potatoes 2010 Color photographic print
Marina Abramovic Portrait with flower, closed eyes 2009 B&W Pigment print on cotton paper 60 x 60 cm + 13 cm of white border
Marina Abramovic Portrait with flower, open eyes 2009 B&W Pigment print on cotton paper 60 x 60 cm + 13 cm of white border
Marina Abramovic Confession 2010 B&W Blu-Ray Loop 60 minute loop Dimensions variable
Marina Abramovic Portrait with Firewood 2010 B&W Pigment print on cotton paper 136 x 136 cm
Marina Abramovic Holding the Lamb 2010 Color Chromogenic print 160 x 200 cm
Marina Abramovic Sleeping with white lamb 2010 Color Chromogenic print 159 x 159 cm
Marina Abramovic Portrait with white lamb 2010 B&W Chromogenic print 159 x 159 cm
Marina Abramovic Sleeping under the Banyan tree 2010 B&W Blu-Ray Loop 60 minute loop Dimensions variable
Marina Abramovic Installation view
Marina Abramovic Installation view
Marina Abramovic Installation view
Marina Abramovic Installation view
Marina Abramovic Installation view
Marina Abramovic Installation view