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The performance art of Marina Abramovic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Sean Spence
Sean Spence*
Affiliation:
Clinical Training Fellow, MRC Cyclotron Unit, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, London W12; Honorary Lecturer in Psychiatry, Academic Department of Psychiatry, Charing Cross Hospital, St Dunstan's Road, London W6 8RP
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Abstract

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In psychiatric studies of artists, performance art has been relatively neglected. The work of Marina Abramovic places emphasis upon the crossing of limits: both physical and mental. Here the self-wounding which occurs in such a context is contrasted with that seen in the psychiatric setting, among those diagnosed as having ‘personality disorders'.

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Psychiatry and the Media
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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 21 , Issue 1 , January 1997, pp. 53 - 55
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This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Copyright © 1997 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

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