Marina Abramovic
1946–
Introduction
Academy of Fine Arts in Belgrade (1965–70) before completing her post-diploma studies at the Academy of Fine Arts, Zagreb, in 1972. Her first significant performances began in 1973 and established a practice of exploring the physical limits of the human body. From 1976-1989 she worked in collaboration with Frank Uwe Laysiepen, known and Ulay. In 2010 she was the subject of a retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, titled The Artist is Present.
Roles
Artist, director, installation artist, performance artist, photographer, sculptor, sound artist, video artist
ULAN identifier
500115967
Names
Marina Abramović, Marina Abramovic, Marina Abramovicz
Information from the Getty Research Institute's Union List of Artist Names ® (ULAN), made available under the ODC Attribution License. Accessed November 21, 2024.
