Marina Abramović is a Serbian performer and concept artist, philanthropist, writer and filmmaker. Her work explores body art, endurance and feminism, the relationship between performers and audiences, the limits of the body, and the abilities of the mind. Active for more than four decades, Abramović identifies himself as the "ancestor of the performing arts". She introduced a new concept of identity by engaging observers, focusing on the "confrontation with pain, blood and physical limitations of the body". In 2007, she founded the Marina Abramović Institute, a non-profit organization devoted to the performing arts.
In 1970, he began his career as a performance artist in New York. She called herself the "granddaughter" of performance art.
