From September 21, 2018 to January 20, 2019, Palazzo Strozzi will be housing the exhibition dedicated to Marina Abramovic. Stemming from a direct collaboration with the performance artist, the retrospective showcases more than 100 works, created between the ‘60s and the ‘00s, including photographs, videos and installations. For the first time, a woman will be the absolute protagonist of an exhibition at Palazzo Strozzi.
New York – 1978 – 2-inch video transferred to digital media (b/n, with sound), 12’57
Amsterdam – 2009 -Portrait with Golden Mask, video (colour, without sound), 30’05”
Stromboli III (Volcano) 2002, lambda digital printing of typeC, b/n, cm 79 x 99
The exhibition title, “The Cleaner”, is inspired to a particular creative and existential moment, which led the artist to reflect on her own life
“The Artist is Present” – Marina Abramovic MoMA – New York / Photograph by Marco Anelli © 2010
“The Artist is Present” – Marina Abramovic MoMA – New York / Photograph by Marco Anelli © 2010
New York – 1997 – Balkan Baroque (Bones), video (b/n, with sound), 9’42”
New York – 1997 – Balkan Baroque (Bones), video (b/n, with sound), 9’42”
“Marina Abramovic’s artistic journey spanned half a century. It challenged our limits, redefined the performer-audience relationship while offering a new concept of performance and left an indelible mark on the collective imagination”, says Arturo Galansino – General Director and curator of the exhibition at Palazzo Strozzi.
New York – 1997 – Spirit House-Luminosity, performance, 5’18”
New York, 2002-2018, “The House with the Ocean View”, multimedia installation
INFO palazzostrozzi.org/mostre/marina-abramovic
Elisa Imperi
25/9/2018