Extreme performance art
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Since the beginning of Dadaism in the Cabaret Voltaire, Zürich in 1916, many artists have experimented with extreme performance art as a critique of contemporary consumer culture. Some have used bodily fluids such as blood, faeces and urine. Other times they perform self-mutilation. Simulated (artificial) blood has also been used.[1] In the 1960s and 1970s extreme performance was elevated to a movement with the Viennese actionists. In recent times there has been a resurgence in extreme performance as a response to the increasing alienation some artists feel in the face of today's technological advances.
Artists[edit]
Some contemporary artists using extreme performance include:
- Ron Athey[2]
- Abel Azcona[3]
- Franko B[4]
- Bob Flanagan[5]
- Yang Zhichao[6]
- Rocío Boliver
- monochrom, e.g. Eignblunzn, Buried Alive (performance)
References[edit]
- ^ "Feminists Perform Bloody Mock Abortion on ‘Virgin Mary’ In Front of Cathedral". Heat Street.
- ^ "Ron Athey Literally Bleeds for His Art". Vice. September 23, 2014. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
- ^ Garsán, Carlos (October 20, 2016). "Abel Azcona trae a Valencia su performance sexual más extrema". Culturplaza. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
- ^ Schwyzer, Elizabeth (May 3, 2017). "I Am the Medium Brings Live Art to UCSB". The Santa Barbara Independent. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
- ^ Moyer, Matthew (April 28, 2016). "Nine Inch Nails' grotesque film Broken finally makes its way online - Blogs". Orlando Weekly. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
- ^ "Artist Yang Zhichao Moves from Extreme Pain to Memories". Vice. June 18, 2015. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
- "Some Art's Painful by Design". Newsweek.
- Fok, Silvia (March 9, 2017). Life and Death: Art and the Body in Contemporary China. pp. 9–10. ISBN 9781841506265.
External links[edit]
- The 8 Top Shocking Art Performances Archived 2017-05-02 at the Wayback Machine. Artiholics.
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