130919 • A PORTRAIT OF MARINA ABRAMOVIC
is a debut work in a series of 3D video portraits created in an edition of 6. The one-take moving portraits extend
Placek’s ongoing pursuit to immortalize his subjects’ past, present, and future in a single composition.
130919 • A PORTRAIT OF MARINA ABRAMOVIC
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“CAN'T MISS EVENT!”
“MATTHU PLACEK'S CONTEMPLATIVE 3D FILM DEPICTS
THE GODMOTHER OF PERFORMANCE ART NUDE.”
“SPARE AND FOCUSED, THE FILM HAS A MONASTIC MEDITATIVE QUALITY. WHAT PLACEK PRESENTS IS A NEARLY UNBLINKING PORTRAIT OF THE UTMOST INTENSITY.”
“I USED TO LOVE MARINA'S ART, THEN I HATED IT. AND NOW I LOVE IT AGAIN.”
“FOR ME, IT WAS THE MOST UNIQUE EXHIBIT OF ART BASEL — CHALLENGING THE EVENT TO THE CORE.”