Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present

Dir. Matthew Akers

Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present

Dir. Matthew Akers

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This intimate and revealing documentary takes us inside the creative world of the fearless, outrageous and iconic performance artist Marina Abramović as she rigorously prepares herself for what could be a career-defining retrospective of her work at New York's Museum of Modern Art.

Seductive, fearless and outrageous, Marina Abramović has been redefining what art is for nearly forty years, relentlessly pushing herself beyond her physical and mental limits (and at times actually risking her life) to create performances that challenge, shock and move us. Following Abramović as she oversees the preparations for what could be the most important moment of her career — a major retrospective of her work at New York's Museum of Modern Art — Matthew Akers' documentary takes us inside Abramović's creative world and offers an intimate portrait of one of the art world's most towering, controversial and iconic figures.