Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Visual Arts Seven Easy Pieces screens at the Contemporary
Posted by Wyatt Williams @wyatt_williams on Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 9:53 AM
In a way, that's exactly what's so cool about Seven Easy Pieces. Five of the seven performances are reenactments of work from her peers from the 60's and 70's, lending a bit of her prominence to other artists who seriously deserve it. If you're looking for an introduction to a larger understanding of performance, these reenactments of work by artists like Bruce Nauman and Vito Acconci are a great place to start. If you're already familiar with those names, it may be even more profound to see Abramović recreate works that were hardly documented though continue to be talked about today.
A screening like this isn't easy to come by (don't bother looking for it on Netflix) and a DVD couldn't possibly provide the same sort of commentary that Contemporary artistic director Stuart Horodner will provide during the film.
Seven Easy Pieces, a documentary by Babette Mangolte, screens for free at the Contemporary on Thurs., July 22 at 6:30 pm.
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