Amanda Coogan – The Ravens Brought It

The Irish postal service dedicated a stamp to her, Artforum describes her work as “performance art at its best”, in Harper’s Bazaar she was No. 01 on the “Marina Abramovic’s 10 young provocateurs to watch” list. She is a master student of the world-famous Marina Abramovic and herself one of Ireland’s most successful contemporary artists: Amanda Coogan!

The exhibition provides a foretaste of what awaits you soon at our major performance art open air con\temporary WUPPERTAL. Under the title The Beautiful Now, Amanda Coogan will take over the city centre of Wuppertal-Elberfeld from 29 June: 12 performance works by Coogan will be performed live on 29 June – simultaneously at different locations, each for 6 hours – linked by an open-air exhibition lasting several weeks.