Marina Abramovic
The Onion (1995)
Rest Energy with Ulay (1980)
This was my internship back in 2007/8!
From our conservation department’s artist materials archive: color swatches with paint descriptions for David Cannon Dashiell’s monumental mural, “Queer Mysteries.”
Andres Bedoya “Ultra Madre” [Video]
In 2009 Andres Bedoya organized a haunting performance installation “Ultra Madre,” in which 57 women lay still on the scaffolding of the main arch of the Museo Nacional de Arte in La Paz, Bolivia. For one hour the women did not move, their long, black hair cascading down the 15-foot structure.
Installation and Performance - mixed media, approx. 8’ w x 15’ h x 5’ d, National Museum of Art, La Paz, Bolivia, 2009.
(Source: devidsketchbook, via lamonja)
got to watch The Artist is Present today.
highly recommended.
marinafilm.com
By now you may have heard the story of this controversial cake:
Here is a video of the artist defending his highly problematic work:
and an oversimplified piece on hyperallergic calling any objections to the work simplistic:
discuss amongst yourselves!
Taken with instagram
Taken with instagram
Art while you pee. Photo of Eva Hesse in her studio in the SFMOMA staff bathroom
