![]() It’s not the depravity of the act that we find repulsive, but our own complicity in them. Maybe Moiré wants to force us into something uncomfortable. ![]() A very literal reflection of what a person looks like who is willing to do what any said individual chose to do with their time-slot.Ĭontroversy is a cornerstone of these performances, but, especially in ‘Mirror Box’, also something functional. Anything goes for the 30 second period under the caveat that they’d either be looking her in the eye or looking back at themselves. In ‘Mirror Box’, Moiré paraded around major European cities with a mirrored box cover her breasts and vagina, armed with a megaphone beckoning passersby to grope her. Not everything has missed the mark though, which to many, is exactly what 'PlopEgg' did. Anywhere but an art gathering, this would be regarded as a satire on modern cultural emptiness.” If an alien were to land, and this particular act had to be explained in only a few words, many would probably begin to see the overruling humour of it all. It is absurd, gratuitous, trite and desperate. Jones remarked on the Swiss artist’s spectacle, “And yet it's not a strong statement at all. In one of her most iconic performances, ‘PlopEgg’, the artist drops eggs filled with paint onto a surface below to create splash paintings, albeit powered by her vaginal canal rather than the dexterous wrist flicks Jackson Pollock would have relied on. Whether it be Marina Abramovic or earlier Dada artists - the latter of whom drew parallels to the absurdity of war by the absurdity of their own performances - performance art has gone through a dry spell. Jonathan Jones of The Guardian cites the large void in meaningful performance art since many pioneering acts of the form reached their crescendo in the 1970s. For a great many art critics, it isn’t even art, it’s just performance porn. The criticism waged against her is that Moiré’s why doesn’t substantiate a solid enough answer. That ‘why’ is what all the hype, intrigue and discussion surrounding the artist hinges on. For many, her parading through public spaces nude is jarring. Moiré is a model, tall and elegant, the epitome of Western beauty ideals. Hirst got headlines after he made art that worked, but how do we feel about artists who look for controversy? Artists for whom controversy itself is the concept? Swiss performance artist Milo Moiré is one such artist whose controversy doesn’t only come from outside of the art world, but inside it too. That it was even considered controversial only fed into his concept’s strength. Yet, controversy was a by-product, sort of a necessity to making a larger point. At the time of their release, the dissected animals grabbed headlines. Due to art’s inherent nature of treading new ground, some subjects are taboo, like the Western conception of death, as explored by Damien Hirst’s formaldehyde sculptures. ![]()
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