
I've seen Marina Abramovic's work before (and it's truly lovely and absolutely fascinating). I'm not a fan of performance art, usually. I just never thought a lot of what is labeled "performance art" is actually art, just someone trying to be all "deep" and "meaningful". But Abramovic's art was different; it's emotional, raw, exposing. It's art in the sense of humans and our actions. Her piece 72 Objects was what first caught my eye. In 1974, Marina Abramovic stood in a room for 6 hours passively with a table that had 72 items on it. Some of the items could cause pain, others pleasure....