- discusses Marina Abramovic's performance "The Artist is Present"
- vip guests have priority over public guests
- any celebrities or important people were able to skip line
- general public had to wait for hours
- person sitting could spend as long as they want with Abramovic
- piece deals with anticipation, waiting, and possible rejection
I think that Abromavic's work draws much needed attention to problem of celebrity and vip in the art world. Without them, we would only have galleries and museums to purchase our outlandishly expensive work. But they turn the art world into a place where status, class and reality tv are the be all end all.
Does Abromavic's work only add to the problem of celebrity without addressing ways to solve it?
What if one of the general public were to skip the line, would they be removed entirely?
How is this different than waiting in line for a Sarah Palin book signing? How is this the same?
