"Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present" is the first large-scale scale American museum retrospective of the artist’s groundbreaking performance work (at MoMA from March 14 to May 31, 2010).

Internationally recognized as a pioneer and key figure in performance art, Marina Abramovic (Yugoslav, b. 1946) uses her own body as subject, object, and medium, exploring the physical and mental limits of her being. The exhibition traces Abramovic’s prolific career with approximately 50 works spanning over four decades of interventions and sound pieces, video works, installations, photography, solo performances, and collaborative performances. Also included are the world premiere of a new work to be performed by Abramovic herself and ? reperformances? of influential historical pieces by performers selected especially for this exhibition. The live reperformances are included in a chronological installation of the artist’s work reflecting the different modes of representing, documenting, and exhibiting her ephemeral time- and media-based works. "Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present" is organized by Klaus Biesenbach, Director, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, and Chief Curator at Large, The Museum of Modern Art.

Images from above:
Marina Abramovic Portrait with Firewood. 2009 Photo Marco Anelli © 2010 Marina Abramovic. Courtesy the artist and Sean Kelly Gallery/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Marina Abramovic Holding Milk (The Kitchen Series). 2009. © 2010 Marina Abramovic. Courtesy the artist and Sean Kelly Gallery/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Marina Abramovic Portrait with Flowers. 2009 Photo Marco Anelli. © 2010 Marina Abramovic. Courtesy the artist and Sean Kelly Gallery/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Marina Abramovic and Ulay The Great Wall Walk. 1988/2010. Originally performed for 90 days along The Great Wall of China. © 2010 Marina Abramovic. Courtesy Marina Abramovic and Sean Kelly Gallery/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Marina Abramovic and Ulay Relation in Time. Originally performed at 1977 for 17 hours at Studio G7, Bologna. © 2010 Marina Abramovic. Courtesy Marina Abramovic and Sean Kelly Gallery/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Reperformed continuously in shifts throughout the exhibition Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present at MoMA, March 14-May 31, 2010
Marina Abramovic The House with the Ocean View. Performed in 2002 for 12 days at Sean Kelly Gallery, New York Three-channel video with props (color, sound). Duration variable Photo Attilio Maranzano. © 2010 Marina Abramovic. Courtesy the artist and Sean Kelly Gallery/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York