Laura Roberta Kuhr: Groped Voodoo Artist Sues MoMA over Marina Abramovic’s Blood, Breastmilk & Sperm Exhibition… for failing to prevent visitors from Sexually Assaulting Performers?

In a performance in 1974, Marina Abramović told visitors she wouldn’t move for six hours, whatever they did to her. She made 72 items available on a table on her side that could be used to please or destroy her, She invited visitors to use the items on it as they wish.

MoMA Sued by Artist Who Performed Nude in Marina Abramovic Work

The artist, John Bonafede, says museum officials failed to prevent visitors from sexually assaulting performers in the 2010 show.

A visitor to the Museum of Modern Art squeezes between two nude performers during a Marina Abramovic retrospective in 2010. A different performer in “Imponderabilia,” not pictured, has sued the museum.

A performance artist has sued the Museum of Modern Art, saying that officials neglected to take corrective action after several visitors groped him during a nude performance for the 2010 retrospective “Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present.”

The allegations were submitted this week in New York Supreme Court, with the artist, John Bonafede, seeking compensation for emotional distress, career disruption, humiliation and other damages.

Mr. Bonafede had participated in one of Ms. Abramovic’s most famous works from the 1970s, “Imponderabilia,” which requires two nude performers to stand opposite each other in a slim doorway that visitors are encouraged to squeeze through to enter an adjoining gallery.

According to his lawsuit, Mr. Bonafede was sexually assaulted seven times by five museum visitors. He reported four of the individuals to MoMA security, which ejected them from the galleries, the lawsuit said; the fifth assault was directly observed by security.

Mr. Bonafede said in legal filings, however, that MoMA officials “turned a blind eye” to the assaults and created a hostile work environment where performers were expected to submit to the actions of unruly audience members. His lawsuit comes nearly 14 years after the exhibition; New York’s Adult Survivors Act, which gave people an additional window to file sexual misconduct claims, expired in November, but there was an agreement to extend this case.

“John believes that there should be edgy performance art like this in major institutions,” said his lawyer, Jordan Fletcher. “But his goal here is to make sure that performers are properly taken care of and that their safety is ensured.”

A MoMA spokeswoman did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Ms. Abramovic also has not spoken about the allegations, though she is not being sued by the plaintiff.

John Bonafede said in a lawsuit that MoMA officials had “turned a blind eye” to the assaults and created a hostile work environment.

The 2010 retrospective was one of the most defining museum shows in recent history, helping to further legitimize performance within the art world and turning the Serbian artist into a global celebrity whose tough preparation for the exhibition was memorialized in the 2012 documentary “The Artist Is Present.”

But the exhibition was grueling for many performers. Some participants reported fainting in the galleries, and the museum later shortened their schedules to prevent exhaustion. Others complained that guests were inappropriately touching their bodies and making rude remarks about their appearances.

At the time, MoMA said that it was “well aware of the challenges posed by having nude performers in the galleries,” and that discussions had taken place “to ensure that the performers would be comfortable in the galleries at all times.”

Mr. Bonafede, 50, is a performance artist who presents works in small venues around New York. He is also a student of Tibetan painting, and helped found a nonprofit organization for children in East Tibet.

Marina Abramovic performing Blood Sacrifice for Moloch with… drinks mix of Blood, Breastmilk and Sperm?

Lady Gaga cooking spirits together with Marina Abramovic – drinks mix of BLOOD, BREASTMILK and SPERM #SpiritCooking

Ms. Abramovic first staged “Imponderabilia” in 1977 with her lover and collaborator Ulay. She recently presented the artwork during a retrospective at the Royal Academy of Arts, in London, where it was staged with some minor alterations and a rotating cast of 37 performers. If visitors were uncomfortable passing between a naked man and woman, they were allowed to walk through another entryway to the left and skip the experience.

Marina Abramovic – Nude with Skeleton

Marina Abramovic – Nude with Skeleton
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Ms. Abramovic told The New York Times that she had “millions of meetings” with the Royal Academy, compromising so that pieces like “Imponderabilia” could be staged. She said the changes left her feeling conflicted about modifying her artworks.

Laura Roberta Kuhr: I wanna be Groped at the Marina Abramovic’s Blood, Breastmilk & Sperm Exhibition… Anyone?

Laura Roberta Kuhr Nude Performance In The Play “The Battle of Hermann”

The video below features Austrian actress Laura Roberta Kuhr’s full frontal nude performance in the play “The Battle of Hermann”.

Of course Austria has a proud acting tradition, for despite being a small German colony they produced one of the biggest movie stars of the 20th century… Of course I am referring to none other than David Hasselhoff.

However as we can clearly see from this sickeningly sinful nude performance, Laura Kuhr is certainly no Hoff. For there is no doubt that the theater-goers watching this play would have a hard time believing that Laura really was interested in bathing herself, and not just flapping around the stage naked to try and distract from her stilted and emotionally shallow delivery.