Close encounters of naked art
A popular attraction for visitors from all over the world, the nude live models in New York City’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) can’t get any privacy: Visitors at times point, touch and grope the models that are part of a Marina Abramovic’s performance art exhibit.
“Ms. Abramovic’s work, which often involves nudity and sitting, standing or lying down for long periods, has invited close encounters of all kinds at the MoMA exhibition,” said The New York Times.
“It turns out a crowded museum, like a crowded subway, is no excuse for an improper touch — a lesson that has been learned the hard way by some visitors to the retrospective, ‘The Artist Is Present,’” said the Times, which reported at least three cases of museum-goers being removed from the gallery.
MoMA officials say the vast majority of visitors behave property. The few that don’t generally get thrown out.
MoMA officials declined to say how often this happened, but issued a statement saying that “any visitor who improperly touches or disturbs” a performer will be removed.
By David Wilkening
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