''Luminosity'' (1997) was a
performance art installation by Serbian artist
Marina Abramović at
Sean Kelly Gallery
Sean Kelly Gallery, founded in 1991 in New York City by British-born Sean Kelly, represents established and mid-career artists, particularly with work based in installation and performance.
Owner Sean Kelly began in the British museum world by cur ...
, New York. Along with ''Insomnia'' and ''Dissolution'', ''Luminosity'' formed part of a larger work by Abramović called ''Spirit House.''
In ''Luminosity,'' Abramović appears nude, balancing herself on a bicycle seat on a pedestal apparatus, mounted high on the wall.
The artist keeps her arms and legs fully extended, evoking
Leonardo da Vinci's ''
Vitruvian Man''.
However, this posture places painful pressure where her genitals make contact with the seat. Throughout the performance, the artist is bathed in light of changing intensity.
''Luminosity'' is considered an example of
endurance art
Endurance (also related to sufferance, resilience, constitution, fortitude, and hardiness) is the ability of an organism to exert itself and remain active for a long period of time, as well as its ability to resist, withstand, recover from an ...
. The work was reperformed in continually, in shifts, by the artist's trainees for 700 hours during the retrospective exhibition, ''
Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present'' at the
Museum of Modern Art in 2010.
See also
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Endurance art
Endurance (also related to sufferance, resilience, constitution, fortitude, and hardiness) is the ability of an organism to exert itself and remain active for a long period of time, as well as its ability to resist, withstand, recover from an ...
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Avant-garde
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Experimental theatre
References
External links
Interview ''New York Magazine'' - Provocateur: Marina Abramovic
Performance art
Body art
1997 in art
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