Sophie Whettnall is a young Belgian artist. Her work is focused on video and photography. “Ligne” is a performance in the Galician landscape, the last stage of her 2007 walk along the pilgrimage route to Santiago.
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Marina Abramovic is a Serbian artist, considered the most relevant performance artist alive. In this interview she talks about a life full of actions: Walking the Chinese Wall, Seven Easy Pieces, Erotic Balkan Epic, Count On Us, The House With The Ocean View, Rest Energy, Carrying The Skeleton, Cleaning The House. 
Alexander McQueen´s ‘The Bridegroom Stripped Bare’ video for Nick Knight´s ‘Transformer’ series. 
Painter Jackson Pollock was the leading head of American Abstract Expressionism. His complex work, which suffered transformation sometimes abruptly, is mostly recognised for his “Action Painting” technique consisting of laying the canvas on the floor and painting almost as a performing act. 
Laura Steenberge and Catherine Lamb, leaders of the experimental women’s choir Singing by Numbers, are interested in exploring the physics of sound waves through voice, and in conducting experiments in new methods of teaching singing-in-harmony, to the public. 
Alberto Burri was one of the most important Italian artists of the 20th century (1915-1995). His work consisted mainly of sculptures, mural paintings and installations close to the Arte Povera movement. Combustione Plastica was as much a sculpture as a performance. 
The life and art of Dutch-origin Californin artist Bas Jan Ader was as mysterious and intriguing as his un-resolved disappearance while crossing the Atlantic in the smallest-ever boat to venture into a transoceanic journey. Fall II, from 1970 is a famous action that took place in Amsterdam. 
American artist Francesca Woodman, who died in 1981 at the age of 23, is one of the most intriguing artists of her time. Her work was mainly based on photographs of herself performing mysterious actions in decadent settings. Here a selection of her exquisite work. 
German artist Rebecca Horn’s work often deals with alterations to the human body. This is an early performance she did in Berlin in 1974. 
I like America and America likes me was one of the most celebrated performances by German shaman-performer artist Joseph Beuys. He stayed for three days and three nights in 1974 inside the Block Gallery in New York with a coyote. |
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