Marina Abramovic allegedly claimed that the Hip-Hop superstar Jay-Z 'used' her in one of his music videos without living up to his assurance that he would offer a donation for Abramovic's institute for her participation in the said video.
Marina Abramovic, a 68-year-old Belgrade and Serbian performance artist, showed to the world her 2010 performance entitled "The Artist is Present" wherein she sat immobile and silent on a chair for 736 hours at the Museum of Modern Art located in New York. The said art project was catered by Jay Z for his music video called "Picasso Baby: A Performance Art Film" wherein the hip-hop superstar rapped a song for six hours at the NewYork's Pace Gallery in front of noted people from the industry.
When Abramovic spoke to Spike magazine, she declared that before her collaboration with Jay Z was to take place, the latter visited her office where she gave him a PowerPoint presentation showing what to expect for her art exhibit and relayed that Jay Z could help her institute if she was to collaborate with him.
However, since 2013 from whence the event took place, Abramovic now declares that Jay Z was 'cruel' to her for not holding his side of the bargain. She added that he was supposed to give her institute a donation as was declared by the rapper for her participation in his music video. Despite the allegations, a representative from Jay Z's side has not been available for comments regarding the issue.
Additionally, Abramovic said that she did not regret making the decision to work with the rapper but was not eager to do another project with him ever again. Furthermore, she also shared her experience with the famous singer Lady Gaga wherein she was afforded 45 million followers that gave her institute much earned attention for her cooperation with Gaga's project. Despite her satisfaction for past projects with other artists, she is "pissed" about the outcome of her collaboration with Jay Z.
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