Hot Topic at MOMA (Bonjun Koo)

The Hot Topic at MoMA this spring is “Tim Burton”. When you ask someone about what is going on in MoMA, they will probably respond with something like “oh yeah, Tim Burton’s Exhibition” or “Oh, the director of creepy movies.”  But there is another exhibition that is shadowed by the greatness of Tim Burton, “The Artist is Present” by Marina Abramovic. Marina Abramovic is a Performance Artist. She says that performance art is a unique form of art that both involve the artist and the audience. Marina’s work is very unique is a sense that her work takes on beyond other’s artworks. As she becomes the art/performance itself, she becomes focused and ready for what ever that may be in front of her. Now, question of finding happiness In her artwork as an audience can be very difficult. Her work and performances are very dark, violent, and strange. It seems as no happiness can be found her in artwork through the eyes of the audience. In my opinion, I believe that by Marina performing the art itself, she expresses the limits of her body and the possibilities of her mind. I also believe that Marina finds great satisfaction through her works because she continues on to push her self to different levels of artworks and performances. Marina Abramovic’s “The Artist is Present” performance can be seen at MoMA through May 31^st and her other exhibitions can be found on the 6^th floor of MoMA building. If you can’t make it to the exhibitions, there is a Live video of “The Artist is Present” during the duration of the opening and closing hours of MoMA.