MONA’s David Walsh and artist Marina Abramović come from polar positions: she believes in everything, he in nothing. The tension has created new art from the ancient work in Walsh's collection.
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Golden Mask, Marina Abramovic video from 2010 explores the artist as icon, sidled alongside ancient civilisation’s use of the mask and gold. Photo ArtsHub; courtesy the artist.
For Marina Abramović’s first exhibition, at age twelve, she painted her dreams. ‘I believe in everything,’ she told an audience at a sell-out conversation with David Walsh, founder of Hobart’s Museum of New and Old Art (MONA).
Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's Senior Contributor, after 12 years in the role as National Visual Arts Editor. She has worked for extended periods in America and Southeast Asia, as gallerist, arts administrator and regional contributing editor for a number of magazines, including Hong Kong based Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. She is an Art Tour leader for the AGNSW Members, and lectures regularly on the state of the arts. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW.
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