Over the past forty years Marina Abramović has used her body as a tool to test both physical and emotional limits in her performances. At the same time that Abramović explores her own physical and psychological limitations, she is also challenging the traditionally passive role of viewer.
Below is a video which provides a useful overview of Abramović’s career, from her beginning in performance with the Rhythm Series in 1973, to her 2010 retrospective at the MoMA, The Artist is Present.