Vulnerability, By Abramovic

Abstract
Vulnerability literally means to be exposed physically or mentally. It is basically uncertainty, insecurity, and risk. In day to day life, people tend to drive away from situations that might expose their emotional or physical weaknesses by perfecting themselves. But life is not all black and white. It is a series of ups and downs, good and bad. The reason people avoid risk and uncertainty is scarcity. The fear of never being good, perfect, beautiful, secure, rich, secure enough. When people attach their happiness and self-worth in the hands of others, due to the fear of being imperfect or weak, they tend to lose connection. It is important to know that, every human being has insecurities and weaknesses. Those who show their weaknesses
She assigned a passive role to herself, with the public being the force which would act on her. She placed seventy-two objects on a table for people to use on her, among these were a rose, a feather, a whip, olive oil, scissors, a scalpel , a gun and a bullet. For six hours, the audience was allowed to manipulate her body and actions. This tested how vulnerable and aggressive the human subject could be when not facing social consequences. By the end of the performance, her body was stripped, attacked and devalued . There were cuts on her neck and thorns stuck in her skin. As Abramovic described later, “What I have learned is that… if you leave it up to the audience, they can kill you…I felt really violated : they cut up my clothes, stuck thorns in my stomach, one person aimed the gun at my head, and another took it away. It created an aggressive atmosphere. After exactly six hours as planned, I stood up and started walking towards the audience. Everyone ran away, to escape confrontation . I was ready to
Kahlo, who suffered from Polio as a child, nearly died in a bus accident as a teenager. Life experience is a common theme in Kahlo’s work. Her physical and emotional pain is depicted starkly on cavasses, as is her turbulent relationship with her husband. She used art to redeem herself and make peace with her life. Frida painted herself as realistically as possible, which at the time people didn’t understand because she was sort of ugly. It was almost a form of brutality , as a vulnerability that restored, but reserved and withheld pain. She made art to prove she was still there, to invest her time in her own healing, to take care of and love herself. The theme of this painting by Frida is the inner and outer vulnerability defenses and at the same time the potential for integrity, self-defense, and self-exploration. This art work figuratively displays fragility and vitality of human existence. It is an artistically designed allegory that tells us about the personal state of the painter. The female state in particular, the general human condition. We see Kahlo as a torn, oppressed and tortured creature. It is not the look in her eyes that has turned to stone, it is her spinal column that is petrified and