Performance Art

Performance Art was the section of this course I found the most odd. It baffled me that one person could dress up horses and film them at sunrise for a piece, and another person could dress as a badger and make a fool out of himself - all in the sake of art.

Matthew Barney seems to do pieces that other people may just describe as "odd" or weird. In the image below, he appears to be nearly naked, standing in clear heals and body paint with a art piece "growing" from his mouth.



Another performance artist we looked at was Marcus Coates. Coates work seemed much more off than the work of Barney. I could never imagine dressing up in deceased animals and acting in a manner such as he did to a mayor in a different county. It makes me think, what kind of example is he setting for people?