Marina Abramović

Marina Abramović is a central figure in contemporary performance art. Her work uses the body as a site of endurance, risk, silence and transformation. She does not treat art as an object to contemplate. She turns it into an encounter between artist, viewer and time.

From early actions based on pain and vulnerability to The Artist Is Present, Abramović changed the role of the audience. The viewer no longer remains outside the work. Looking becomes participation. Presence becomes pressure. The body becomes the medium that reveals fear, attention, ritual and power.

This tag collects articles and critical readings on Marina Abramović, performance art and the politics of presence. It also follows body limits and the point where art becomes lived experience rather than representation.