Ulay

Born: 1943-11-30

Ulay, born Frank Uwe Laysiepen, 1943 is a German artist, actor, and photographer, now based in Amsterdam, Holland, and Ljubljana, Slovenia. Ulay received international recognition for his work as a photographer, mainly in Polaroid, from the late 1960s, and later as a performance artist, including his collaborative performances with Marina Abramovic from 1976 to 1988.


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Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present

as Self
Released: 2012-06-13

Performance artist Marina Abramovic prepares for a major retrospective of her work at the Museum...

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Balkan Baroque

as Himself
Released: 1999-11-14

Balkan Baroque is a real and imaginary biography of the Yugoslavian performance artist Marina...

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AAA-AAA

as himself
Released: 1978-01-01

The video tape shows the half-length portraits of Abramović and her husband Ulay standing...

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Imponderabilia

as uncredited
Released: 1977-01-01

"Naked we stand opposite each other in the museum entrance. The public entering the museum has...

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The Great Wall: Lovers at the Brink

as Himself
Released: 1989-01-01

In the twilight years of the Cultural Revolution, a Chinese filmmaker slowly becoming blind...

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Three

as uncredited
Released: 1978-11-30

The performance 'Three' took place on November 30th, 1978, at Harlekin Art in Wiesbaden,...

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Ulay

as Himself
Released: 2013-09-12

Ulay is a conceptual artist whose photography pushed boundaries, and whose love affair with...

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Light/Dark

as Himself
Released: 1977-01-01

Ulay and Abramović take turns hitting each other in the face, gradually increasing speed and...

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Incision

as uncredited
Released: 1978-01-01

Ulay is fixed to a wall by a fixed rubber cord, while Marina stands at the limit of Ulay's...

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Rest Energy

as Himself
Released: 1980-07-28

Ulay and Abramovic draw a large bow and arrow, one holding each side. The arrowhead is pointing...

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Documentazione Della Settimana Internazionale Della Performance

as uncredited
Released: 1977-02-21

“Before the eyes of all, at least of those present, the naked and direct exhibitions of the body...

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Balance Proof

as uncredited
Released: 1977-01-01

Ulay and Abramović are standing holding a double-sided mirror between their bodies.

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The story of Marina Abramovic and Ulay

as uncredited
Released: 2017-07-06

Legendary couple in performance art – Marina Abramović and Ulay – lived together for 12 years...

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Breathing in/breathing out

as Ulay
Released: 1977-06-22

For this performance the two artists blocked their nostrils with cigarette filters and pressed...

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The Pink Biennal

as uncredited
Released: 1976-03-01

Television special of five episodes directed by Alfredo Di Laura dedicated to the exhibition...

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Marina Abramović & Ulay: No Predicted End

as Self - Artist
Released: 2022-03-24

Thirty years after their separation, performance artists Marina Abramović and Frank Uwe 'Ulay'...

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Talking about Similarity

as himself
Released: 1997-11-30

'Talking about Similarity' took place in Amsterdam, on November 30th, 1976. The performance,...

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Relation in Movement

as himself
Released: 1977-01-05

Marina: we even use our car in the performance, in '77, for the Paris Biennale in the front of...

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Relation in Space

as uncredited
Released: 1977-01-01

In the first 58 minute Performance, Relation in Space, which took place in July 1976 at the...

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The Way Between Two Points

as uncredited
Released: 2010-01-31

El camino entre dos puntos (The way between two points) investigates Patagonia’s tainted nature....

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Expansion in Space

as himself
Released: 1977-03-08

In 'Expansion in Space' (1977, Dokumenta 6, Kassel), Ulay and Abramovic do not collide with each...

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Relation in Time

as self
Released: 1977-10-31

Marina Abramovic's performance 'Relation in time', with her long time partner Ulay. "We are...

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There Is a Criminal Touch to Art

as uncredited
Released: 1976-12-03

A documentation of the live Action Ulay performed in Berlin in 1976. It shows step by step his...

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How I Stole a Painting

as The artist
Released: 2017-12-28

The story of one of the most radical performances in art history told by German artist Ulay, who...

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