Lips of Thomas

The early performances of Marina Abramovic often included elements of self-torture and even masochism. During one of them, which was called “Thomas Lips”, the artist depicted a star on her stomach with a sharp blade. After this act, she lashed herself with a whip and lay down for half an hour on a cross of ice. At the first performance in Belgrade, this rather cruel performance remained almost without attention. However, in New York, where Abramovic repeated it several times, it was greeted with great enthusiasm and generated a wave of amateurs who began to organize shows with elements of self-harm and pain.