Extreme performance art

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Since the beginning of Dadaism in the Cabaret Voltaire, Zürich in 1916, many artists have experimented with extreme performance art as a critique of contemporary consumer culture. Some have used bodily fluids such as blood, faeces and urine. Other times they perform self-mutilation. Simulated (artificial) blood has also been used.[1] In the 1960s and 1970s extreme performance was elevated to a movement with the Viennese actionists. In recent times there has been a resurgence in extreme performance as a response to the increasing alienation some artists feel in the face of today's technological advances.

## Artists

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Some contemporary artists using extreme performance include:

* Ron Athey[2]
* Abel Azcona[3]
* Franko B[4]
* Bob Flanagan[5]
* Yang Zhichao[6]
* Rocío Boliver
* monochrom, e.g. Eignblunzn, Buried Alive (performance)

## References

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1. ^ "Feminists Perform Bloody Mock Abortion on ‘Virgin Mary’ In Front of Cathedral". Heat Street.
2. ^ "Ron Athey Literally Bleeds for His Art". Vice. September 23, 2014. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
3. ^ Garsán, Carlos (October 20, 2016). "Abel Azcona trae a Valencia su performance sexual más extrema". Culturplaza. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
4. ^ Schwyzer, Elizabeth (May 3, 2017). "I Am the Medium Brings Live Art to UCSB". The Santa Barbara Independent. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
5. ^ Moyer, Matthew (April 28, 2016). "Nine Inch Nails' grotesque film Broken finally makes its way online - Blogs". Orlando Weekly. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
6. ^ "Artist Yang Zhichao Moves from Extreme Pain to Memories". Vice. June 18, 2015. Retrieved May 4, 2017.

* "Some Art's Painful by Design". Newsweek.
* Fok, Silvia (March 9, 2017). Life and Death: Art and the Body in Contemporary China. pp. 9–10. ISBN 9781841506265.

## External links

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* The 8 Top Shocking Art Performances Archived 2017-05-02 at the Wayback Machine. Artiholics.

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Performance art

Work|

* 7000 Oaks (1982)
* Amen or The Pederasty (2015)
* Bed-in (1969)
* Breathing in/breathing out (1977)
* Body Pressure (1974)
* Buried (2015)
* Ceci N'est Pas Un Viol (2015)
* Couple in The Cage: Two Undiscovered Amerindians Visit the West (1992–93)
* Cut Piece (1964)
* Eating (2012)
* Empathy and Prostitution (2013)
* Food for the Spirit (1971)
* How to Explain Pictures to a Dead Hare (1965)
* I'm too sad to tell you (1970–71)
* Luminosity (1997)
* Mattress Performance (Carry That Weight) (2014–2015)
* One & Other (2009)
* Rest Energy (1980)
* Rhythm 10 (1973)
* Rhythm 5 (1974)
* Rhythm 2 (1974)
* Rhythm 0 (1974)
* Seedbed (1972)
* Seven Easy Pieces (2005)
* Shot Marilyns (1964)
* The Artist Is Present (2010)
* The Death of The Artist (2018)
* The Fathers (2016)
* The Shadow (2014)
* The Shame (2018)
* Three Weeks in May (1977)
* Untitled (Rape Scene) (1973)
* Untitled [Senior Thesis], 2008 (2008)

Artists|

* Marina Abramović
* Vito Acconci
* Bas Jan Ader
* Laurie Anderson
* Ron Athey
* Abel Azcona
* Franko B
* Matthew Barney
* Rebecca Belmore
* Joseph Beuys
* David Blaine
* Mark Bloch
* Stuart Brisley
* Günter Brus
* Nancy Buchanan
* Chris Burden
* James Lee Byars
* Sophie Calle
* Papo Colo
* Valie Export
* Bob Flanagan
* Terry Fox
* Coco Fusco
* Guillermo Gómez-Peña
* Cai Guo-Qiang
* Ann Hamilton
* David Hammons
* Jo Hanson
* Newton Harrison
* Sharon Hayes
* Lynn Hershman
* Rebecca Horn
* Tehching Hsieh
* Zhang Huan
* Natalie Jeremijenko
* Joan Jonas
* Allan Kaprow
* Andy Kaufman
* Ragnar Kjartansson
* Yves Klein
* Terence Koh
* Paul Kos
* Yayoi Kusama
* Suzanne Lacy
* Phoebe Legere
* James Luna
* Miki Malör
* Eric Millikin
* Marta Minujín
* Kent Monkman
* Linda Montano
* Frank Moore
* Charlotte Moorman
* Bruce Nauman
* Shirin Neshat
* Pat Oleszko
* Pauline Oliveros
* Mihai Olos
* Yoko Ono
* Eiko Otaki
* Nam June Paik
* Gina Pane
* Mark Pauline
* Petr Pavlensky
* Dorothy Podber
* Jim Pomeroy
* Duke Riley
* Rachel Rosenthal
* Martha Rosler
* Carolee Schneemann
* Tino Sehgal
* Aliza Shvarts
* Barbara T. Smith
* Michael Smith
* Stelarc
* Melati Suryodarmo
* Mierle Laderman Ukeles
* Ulay
* Wolf Vostell
* Robert Whitman
* Hannah Wilke

Groups|

* Ant Farm
* Concept 21
* COUM Transmissions
* Fallen Fruit
* General Idea
* LaBeouf, Rönkkö & Turner
* Los Angeles Urban Rangers
* Mavo
* The Yes Men

Media|

* Mondo New York (1988 film)
* Kusama: Infinity (2018 film)

Other|

* Body art
* Endurance art
* Feminist art
* Fluxus
* Happening
* Hunger artist
* monochrom
* Participatory art
* Performance art in China
* Survival Research Laboratories
* Viennese Actionism
* Process art

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