The most controversial performance art performance

On July 9th, artist Spencer Tunick held a public performance art in the center of Hull. Nearly3,200 "blue volunteers" walked naked in Hull City, metaphor for the threat of rising sea level to the city. In late June, Milo Moire, a famous master of action art, was arrested again for performing performance art. At a time when performance art is constantly challenging physical limits and even social ethics, Art News/Chinese has compiled 12 of the most controversial performance art works.

20 14 Milo Moire, a Swiss female artist, stood on a movable ladder and discharged eggs with pigments in her private parts. The falling eggs smashed bright colors on canvas paper lying on the ground. This performance art performance "Plump Egg Painting" pushed Jackson Pollock's Expressionism painting method to a new height involving the body field.

In 20 13, the artist Pyotr Pavlensky attracted the world's attention with a performance against Russian aristocratic dictatorship. 2013165438+10, Pavel lenski fixed his naked testicles on the ground of Moscow's Red Square to condemn Vladimir Putin's "totalitarian rule". Performance duration 1.5 hours. He thought the performance was "a metaphor of indifference, a kind of political indifference, and the fatalism of modern Russian society." Pavel lenski's other performance art performances include sewing the mouth or burning the wooden door of the former Soviet Security Service. An insider in the entertainment industry may say, "This is normal." In fact, Pavel Lenski's performing art is just one of many that threaten his life.