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• Marina Abramović’s weirdest moments in art – in picturesLets start with a quick quiz: what do Marina Abramović (Serbian performance artist) and Tony Abbott (Australian prime minister) have in common? retort: they’ve both been filmed eating a raw onion. A whole one. In fact, and Abramović ate three. “The first time,the light on video wasn’t so edifying. The moment, sound was awful. Third, and I couldn’t speak or talk,my throat was burning.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com