Marina Abramović

Rhythm 0, 1974

 Marina Abramovic is a very famous performance artist. For one of her pieces she tested the limits of the relationship between performer and audience, Abramović developed one of her most challenging and well known performances. She assigned a passive role to herself, with the public being the force which would act on her. They could basically do anything they wanted to her. Abramović had placed upon a table 72 objects that people were allowed to use. Most people reacted cautiously but after a while they got aggressive and into the performance. One man even pointed a gun to her head before someone took it away from him. This piece is really scary as a viewer because it shows people's aggressive nature although I think that what she did was very stupid. Performance art is definitely a different type of art than many people think of but is definitely interesting to say the least.