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Chinese Eyes - Xiao Lu 

ᴰᵉᶜᵉᵖᵗᶦᵛᵉ ᴸᶦᵖˢ

September

— Ernest Hemingway, Cat in the Rain (via naturaekos)

— My mother (via leave-me-colourless)

tornado . 2000-2010

Final performance 💋

Charles Ray - Leak (1981-1985)

— Marina Abramovic, Performing Artist 

Marina Abramovic’s Balkan Baroque, like Annette Messager’s The Boarder’s Repose, addresses the complexities of individual loss within massive tragedy.  Balkan Baroque was installed at the Venice Biennale in 1997.  In this performance, Abramovic sits amidst an enormous pile of bloody cow bones, washing them one by one while singing folk songs from her childhood. The title, Balkan Baroque, cues viewers to approach the piece as a response to Abramovic’s war ravaged country, the former Yugoslavia. The installation includes three video projections that convey themes of violence and trauma.  For four days the artist sits in the middle of the pile, scrubbing away at 1,500 fresh beef bones.  Her dress becomes increasingly stained by blood as she sings folk songs and weeps.

Loving Care (1994), Janine Antoni