Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Art Late-Breaking Abramovic Controversy: Marina Couldn't See Any of Her Sitters?
Posted by Benjamin Sutton on Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 9:58 AM
when the tippling Biesenbach took the podium... he used the moment to make public his two-decade-long unrequited love for Abramović. “Look at me, Marina,” he began. “Listen to me, Marina,” he went on. “Why don’t you look at me? You know,” he then said to the guests, tossing aside his prepared remarks, “she can’t see anyone without her glasses,” thereby negating the experience of all those sitters who thought she was paying special attention to them.
That should make more than a few people real mad, as though they'd been duped, but on the other hand the performance title was "The Artist Is Present" not "The Artist Sees You." (ANIMAL)
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