Extreme performance art

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.<ref>"Feminists Perform Bloody Mock Abortion on ‘Virgin Mary’ In Front of Cathedral". Heat Street.</ref> 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<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Abel Azcona<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Franko B<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Bob Flanagan<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Yang Zhichao<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Rocío Boliver
• monochrom, e.g. Eignblunzn, Buried Alive (performance)

References

• "Some Art's Painful by Design". Newsweek.
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External links

• The 8 Top Shocking Art Performances Template:Webarchive. Artiholics.

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