Ron Athey is an American performance artist associated with body art and with extreme performance art. He has performed in the U.S. and internationally (especially in the UK and Europe). Athey's work explores challenging subjects like the relationships between desire, sexuality, and traumatic experience. Many of his works include aspects of S&M in order to confront pre-conceived ideas about the body in relation to masculinity and religious iconography.

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  • Ron Athey is an American performance artist associated with body art and with extreme performance art. He has performed in the U.S. and internationally (especially in the UK and Europe). Athey's work explores challenging subjects like the relationships between desire, sexuality, and traumatic experience. Many of his works include aspects of S&M in order to confront pre-conceived ideas about the body in relation to masculinity and religious iconography.
  • Ron Athey (nato il 16 Dicembre, 1961) è un performance artist americano specializzato nella body art e nella performance art più estrema. Il lavoro di Athey esplora tematiche scottanti come la relazione fra desiderio, sessualità ed esperienze traumatiche. Parecchi suoi lavori includono aspetti S&M che mettono in discussione idee preconcette circa il corpo relazionato alla mascolinità e all'iconografia religiosa. Athey ha collaborato con una varietà di artisti nel corso degli anni, per esempio: Rozz Williams, Vaginal Davis, Bruce LaBruce, Slava Mogutin, Udo Kier, Franko B, Ernesto Tomasini e OTHON. Il suo lavoro esplora spesso argomenti religiosi e si confronta con le idee di filosofi queer come Georges Bataille, Pierre Molinier e Pier Paolo Pasolini. La sua performance più recente si è svolta al Museo d'arte contemporanea Donnaregina di Napoli. Athey è stato anche giornalista contribuendo a riviste e quotidiani, fra cui Honcho e L.A. Weekly.
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  • Ron Athey is an American performance artist associated with body art and with extreme performance art. He has performed in the U.S. and internationally (especially in the UK and Europe). Athey's work explores challenging subjects like the relationships between desire, sexuality, and traumatic experience. Many of his works include aspects of S&M in order to confront pre-conceived ideas about the body in relation to masculinity and religious iconography.
  • Ron Athey (nato il 16 Dicembre, 1961) è un performance artist americano specializzato nella body art e nella performance art più estrema. Il lavoro di Athey esplora tematiche scottanti come la relazione fra desiderio, sessualità ed esperienze traumatiche. Parecchi suoi lavori includono aspetti S&M che mettono in discussione idee preconcette circa il corpo relazionato alla mascolinità e all'iconografia religiosa.
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