TateShots: Twitter with Marina Abramović

TateShots' army of Twitter friends sent in questions for uncompromising performance artist Marina Abramović. We catch up with her while shes in the UK preparing for a residency at the Manchester International Festival, where she will present performances by some of her favourite artists.

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[martydrooo]

shes over 60 now believe it or not

[gobedabedu]

PURE GENIUS!

[lamarabialardi]

Marina is a real sex bomb,erotic,provocative,sensua­l! I wonder did she get a gangbang or lesbian sex?

[wookiewhat]

@martydrooo she still has a great body, and is not afraid to show it

[actuallyadam]

@xlerosx Well..even people here seem to have a hard time accepting and understanding her performance art. It's hardly arrogant of her to suggest that most people don't care for her conceptual reach.

[janinecalais]

She is amazing! Lover her work!

[xlerosx]

How hubristic of her to say that is impossible to explaine performance art to a business-man on a plane....it just re-enforces the other comments on here.

[doubleas2380]

A portrait of people with too much time on their hands :p

[fissure226]

@MrByron008 she's 65 years old, btw.

[raidereddie]

@IzzyIsou I'll do you one better, This stuff is CRAP!!

[IzzyIsou]

I agree.

I find most of performance art to be just megalomaniac BS in the guise of meaningful dialogue - and Ms. Abramović is a prime example. I find her work to be simplistic, bland and sensationalistic.