In 1977, marina abramović the serbian performance artist, saw her nude exhibition imponderabilia shut down by police after just 90 minutes In nude with skeleton, abramović evokes a traditional exercise undertaken by tibetan monks during which they sleep alongside the dead in various states of decay Through this practice they gain an understanding of the process of death In different periods of my life i made several works using skeleton. A gallery assistant poses with an artwork entitled 'four crosses' by serbian performance artist marina abramovic, during a photocall at the royal academy of arts in london. Visitors to a new royal academy exhibition must squeeze between two nude models to enter it
The unusual installation is part of a career retrospective of serbian performance artist marina abramović.
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