"Between Morality and Desire: An Exhibition Only Accessible After Passing a Nude Model"

Marina Abramovi? Retrospective
Alternative Entrance for Audience Rejecting Performance Art
The Guardian "Full of Vitality" The Times "Relentless"

An unusual exhibition requiring visitors to squeeze between two nude models, one male and one female, has opened. It was a unique event planned by the Royal Academy of Arts in the UK.

According to the BBC on the 20th (local time), this peculiar performance art is part of a retrospective of Serbian-born performance artist Marina Abramovi?.

Performance art of Abramovich retrospective.
Photo by BBC News capture

The BBC reported that visitors entering the exhibition must undertake the "adventure" of squeezing between the closely positioned male and female nude models. However, it was explained that another entrance was prepared for visitors who dislike this type of performance art.

The planner explained the intention, saying, "We wanted the audience to squeeze between two naked performers and become immersed in the confrontation between morality and desire."

A visitor who experienced the "adventure" said, "I tried my best not to step on the nude models' feet."

Critical responses were sharply divided. The UK's Guardian praised it as "full of vitality," while The Times described it as "ruthless."

A reunion scene with Ulay during a performance presented by Marina Abramovi? at the 2010 retrospective "The Artist is Present" at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, USA.
[Photo by YouTube capture]

This unique performance art was first performed in 1977 by Abramovi? and her then-partner Ulay. At that time, the two stood side by side at the entrance of an art museum, allowing visitors to pass between them.

Abramovi? is a world-renowned performance artist from Serbia. She uses her own body and existence as part of her artwork. Through performance art, she explores and experiments with interaction with the audience.

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