The Triumph of the Nymphs byJorge Rubert, 2008
Marina Abramovic and Ulay
Death Self, 1977
This performance consisted of the two artists seated in front of each other, connected at the mouth. They took in each other’s breaths until all of their available oxygen had been used up. The performance lasted only 17 minutes, resulting in both artists collapsing unconscious to the floor, having filled their lungs with carbon dioxide. This personal piece explored the idea of an individual’s ability to absorb the life of another person, exchanging and destroying it.
(Source: decembre, via backofmyfield)
Nude with Stockings by Egon Schiele, 1912
(Source: egonschiele)
Crossover by Ruth Bernard, 1969
The Word (Bird Woman) by Max Ernst, 1921
This collage was first published in Repetitions, a collaboration between Ernst and poet Paul Eluard. It was printed alongside Eluard’s poem, The Word:
I have easy beauty and it’s good
I slide along the roof of the winds
I slide along the roof of the seas
I have become sentimental
I no longer know the guide
I no longer move silk on the ice
I am ill flowers and stones
I love the most chinese to the naked heights
I love the most naked eluding bird-like
I am old but here I am beautiful
And the shadow which descends from the dark windows
Saves each evening the black heart of my eyes.
Lee Miller Neck by Man Ray, 1929
Nude by Edward Weston, 1925
Derriere Anglais by Jeanloup Sieff, 1969
The Primacy of Matter Over Thought by Man Ray, 1929
La Priere (The Prayer) by Man Ray, 1930
