Marina Abromovic- 7 easy pieces

Marina Abromovic was born on November 30, 1946 in Serbia. She is now a New York-based performance artist who began her famous career in the early 1970s. Active for over three decades, she has recently begun to describe herself as the "grandmother of performance art". Abramovic's work explores the relationship between performer and audience, the limits of the body, and the possibilities of the mind.
One of Abromovic's most well known works is 7 easy pieces. In 2005 she presented it at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City. On seven consecutive nights for 7 hours she recreated the works of five artists first performed in the 60s and 70s, in addition to re-performing her own works.
I really like this performance the Abromovic put on. I think it must've been very tiring and physically exhaustive for her. The performances definitely involved a great amount of mental concentration as well. I think that this performance solidified herself as one of the most famous performance artists of her time.

-O.D.

Considering yourself the "grandmother of performance art" is a pretty tall order and Marina Abromovic belived that. Her work mostly explored the audience, the body, and the mind. 7 easy pieces is quite the masterpiece because it is about the performing body and how the people and audience confront it. It is a moving piece that took seven days to complete. Also because she took work from the 60's and 70's it was very old school modern art. Also that each work was seven hours showed much detail and time went into each piece. I find it very interesting and notable that she did this. She obviously put so much time into this work and it has given her the fame and glory of being one of the best performing artists of our time.

- Owen