Extreme performance art explained

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

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

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

External links

• The 8 Top Shocking Art Performances . Artiholics.

Notes and References

1. https://heatst.com/culture-wars/feminists-perform-bloody-mock-abortion-on-virgin-mary-in-front-of-cathedral/ "Feminists Perform Bloody Mock Abortion on ‘Virgin Mary’ In Front of Cathedral"
2. Web site: Ron Athey Literally Bleeds for His Art . Vice . September 23, 2014 . May 4, 2017.
3. News: Garsán . Carlos . Abel Azcona trae a Valencia su performance sexual más extrema . March 24, 2020 . Culturplaza . October 20, 2016.
4. Web site: Schwyzer . Elizabeth . I Am the Medium Brings Live Art to UCSB . The Santa Barbara Independent . May 3, 2017 . May 4, 2017.
5. Web site: Moyer . Matthew . Nine Inch Nails' grotesque film Broken finally makes its way online - Blogs . Orlando Weekly . April 28, 2016 . May 4, 2017.
6. Web site: Artist Yang Zhichao Moves from Extreme Pain to Memories . Vice . June 18, 2015 . . May 4, 2017.