Laura Lima

Laura Lima (born 1971 in Minas Gerais, Brazil)[1][2] is an artist, winner of the Bonnefanten Award 2014, 50,000 Euros and solo exhibition at Bonnefantenmuseum, autumn 2014.


piece of her work

A piece of her work, Sombra de Cinema (Cinema Shadow), has been described as "not filmmaking, it is perhaps reality. It is not theatre,it is not installation, maybe fiction. It is not performance."[3]

The artist was accused by two women of being of being pressured to violate themselves during a performance at the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) in Miami. The installation The Inverse was made by a long rope, which tip was inserted in the women's vaginas. [4][5][6]

References
  1. "PIPA Prize -Laura Lima". Prêmio Investidor Profissional de Arte. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  2. "Laura Lima". Isabella Steward Gardiner Museum. Archived from the original on 28 July 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
  3. Laura Lima by thiago.jesus on July 06, 2012
  4. Perlson, Hill (June 24, 2016). "Participants in Laura Lima's Controversial Show at ICA Miami Claim Abuse". Artnet.
  5. Kaufman, Michelle (June 30, 2016). "Models in Miami art exhibit claim they were pressured into sexual act". Miami Herald.
  6. Voon, Claire (June 29, 2016). "Performers in ICA Miami Show Claim They Were Pressured to Penetrate Themselves with Rope". Hyperallergic.


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