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Body Painting: Cultural Tradition and Contemporary Performance
Aboriginal body painting is 60,000 years old. Henna is 5,000 years old. Marina Abramović made body art a museum subject. Discover body painting as art.
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Tattoo as Art: History, Cultural Significance, and Fine Art Crossover
Ötzi the Iceman had 61 tattoos. Māori ta moko records genealogy. Japanese irezumi is 500 years old. Discover the art history of tattoo, from 3300 BCE to museums.
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Performance Art: Marina Abramović and the Body as Medium
Explore the history of performance art, from Dada to Marina Abramović's endurance works and Yoko Ono's Cut Piece. Learn why the artist's body became the most radical artistic material of the 20th century.