The Life and Death of Marina Abramović – review

The Lowry, SalfordFour years ago, performance artist Marina Abramović, born in Belgrade in 1946 and still very much alive, invited the celebrated American director Robert Wilson to co-create a piece about her. The resulting performance can be read as a more general meditation on life and death. Its visually stunning succession of scenes, although almost searing in their clarity, suggest multiple meanings. Take the opening – three forms lie on three black biers; each pale face, framed by long ...

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