Ulay

Ulay

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.

  • Title: Ulay
  • Popularity: 0.753
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1943-11-30
  • Place of Birth: Solingen, Germany
  • Homepage: https://www.ulay.si
  • Also Known As: Frank Uwe Laysiepen
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Ulay Movies

  • 1977
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    Documentazione Della Settimana Internazionale Della Performance

    Documentazione Della Settimana Internazionale Della Performance

    1 1977 HD

    “Before the eyes of all, at least of those present, the naked and direct exhibitions of the body take place with all its extensions; but the...

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  • 1976
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    The Pink Biennal

    The Pink Biennal

    1 1976 HD

    Television special of five episodes directed by Alfredo Di Laura dedicated to the exhibition "Attivo. Performance e Dibattiti" curated by Tommaso...

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  • 1977
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    Light/Dark

    Light/Dark

    1 1977 HD

    Ulay and Abramović take turns hitting each other in the face, gradually increasing speed and intensity with each blow. This performance is best...

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  • 1977
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    Relation in Time

    Relation in Time

    1 1977 HD

    Marina Abramovic's performance 'Relation in time', with her long time partner Ulay. "We are sitting back to back, tied together by our hair, without...

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  • 1978
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    Incision

    Incision

    1 1978 HD

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

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  • 1977
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    Balance Proof

    Balance Proof

    1 1977 HD

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

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  • 1977
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    Imponderabilia

    Imponderabilia

    4 1977 HD

    "Naked we stand opposite each other in the museum entrance. The public entering the museum has to turn sideways to move through the limited space...

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  • 1999
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    Balkan Baroque

    Balkan Baroque

    5.5 1999 HD

    Balkan Baroque is a real and imaginary biography of the Yugoslavian performance artist Marina Abramovic. Rather than a mechanical reproduction of the...

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  • 2022
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    Marina Abramović & Ulay: No Predicted End

    Marina Abramović & Ulay: No Predicted End

    5 2022 HD

    Thirty years after their separation, performance artists Marina Abramović and Frank Uwe 'Ulay' Laysiepen (1943-2020) agree to meet, for the first...

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  • 1977
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    Breathing in/breathing out

    Breathing in/breathing out

    1 1977 HD

    For this performance the two artists blocked their nostrils with cigarette filters and pressed their mouths together, so that one couldn’t...

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  • 1977
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    Relation in Movement

    Relation in Movement

    1 1977 HD

    Marina: we even use our car in the performance, in '77, for the Paris Biennale in the front of the museum we made this piece called Relation In...

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  • 1997
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    Talking about Similarity

    Talking about Similarity

    1 1997 HD

    'Talking about Similarity' took place in Amsterdam, on November 30th, 1976. The performance, which lasted ca. 45 minutes, contains two parts that are...

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  • 1977
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    Expansion in Space

    Expansion in Space

    1 1977 HD

    In 'Expansion in Space' (1977, Dokumenta 6, Kassel), Ulay and Abramovic do not collide with each other, as they did in Relation in Space (1976), but...

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  • 1977
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    Relation in Space

    Relation in Space

    1 1977 HD

    In the first 58 minute Performance, Relation in Space, which took place in July 1976 at the Biennale in Venice, Abramovic/Ulay, both naked, walk...

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  • 1989
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    The Great Wall: Lovers at the Brink

    The Great Wall: Lovers at the Brink

    1 1989 HD

    In the twilight years of the Cultural Revolution, a Chinese filmmaker slowly becoming blind tours the country screening her last film to peasants. In...

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  • 1978
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    AAA-AAA

    AAA-AAA

    5.6 1978 HD

    The video tape shows the half-length portraits of Abramović and her husband Ulay standing opposite each other, looking at each other and producing a...

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  • 2010
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    The Way Between Two Points

    The Way Between Two Points

    5 2010 HD

    El camino entre dos puntos (The way between two points) investigates Patagonia’s tainted nature. Here, where throughout the 20th century ever...

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  • 2017
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    How I Stole a Painting

    How I Stole a Painting

    6 2017 HD

    The story of one of the most radical performances in art history told by German artist Ulay, who in 1976 decided to steal Hitler's favorite painting...

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  • 1976
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    There Is a Criminal Touch to Art

    There Is a Criminal Touch to Art

    6 1976 HD

    A documentation of the live Action Ulay performed in Berlin in 1976. It shows step by step his arranged "art theft" of Carl Spitzweg's painting "The...

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  • 2017
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    The story of Marina Abramovic and Ulay

    The story of Marina Abramovic and Ulay

    1 2017 HD

    Legendary couple in performance art – Marina Abramović and Ulay – lived together for 12 years and made pioneering work as a duo. In this...

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  • 1980
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    Rest Energy

    Rest Energy

    8.5 1980 HD

    Ulay and Abramovic draw a large bow and arrow, one holding each side. The arrowhead is pointing at Abramovic's heart. The slightest movement could be...

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  • 2013
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    Ulay

    Ulay

    7.4 2013 HD

    Ulay is a conceptual artist whose photography pushed boundaries, and whose love affair with Marina Abramovic produced some of the best pieces of...

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  • 2012
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    Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present

    Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present

    7.408 2012 HD

    Performance artist Marina Abramovic prepares for a major retrospective of her work at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

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  • 1977
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    Relation in Time

    Relation in Time

    1 1977 HD

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  • 1980
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    Rest Energy

    Rest Energy

    8.5 1980 HD

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  • 2022
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    Marina Abramović & Ulay: No Predicted End

    Marina Abramović & Ulay: No Predicted End

    5 2022 HD

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  • 2022
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    Marina Abramović & Ulay: No Predicted End

    Marina Abramović & Ulay: No Predicted End

    5 2022 HD

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  • 1977
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    Light/Dark

    Light/Dark

    1 1977 HD

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  • 1977
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    Breathing in/breathing out

    Breathing in/breathing out

    1 1977 HD

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  • 1977
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    Relation in Movement

    Relation in Movement

    1 1977 HD

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  • 1997
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    Talking about Similarity

    Talking about Similarity

    1 1997 HD

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  • 1979
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    Kaiserschnitt

    Kaiserschnitt

    1 1979 HD

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  • 1977
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    Charged Space

    Charged Space

    1 1977 HD

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  • 1977
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    Light / Dark

    Light / Dark

    1 1977 HD

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  • 1977
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    Expansion in Space

    Expansion in Space

    1 1977 HD

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  • 1975
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    Freeing the Voice

    Freeing the Voice

    1 1975 HD

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  • 1989
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    The Great Wall: Lovers at the Brink

    The Great Wall: Lovers at the Brink

    1 1989 HD

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  • 1988
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    China Ring

    China Ring

    1 1988 HD

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  • 1996
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    4 Performances by Marina Abramovic 1975-1976

    4 Performances by Marina Abramovic 1975-1976

    1 1996 HD

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  • 1977
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    Relation in Space

    Relation in Space

    1 1977 HD

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  • 1975
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    Freeing the Memory

    Freeing the Memory

    1 1975 HD

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  • 1983
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    City of Angels

    City of Angels

    1 1983 HD

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  • 1976
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    Freeing The Body

    Freeing The Body

    1 1976 HD

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  • 1977
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    Balance Proof

    Balance Proof

    1 1977 HD

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  • 1978
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    Incision

    Incision

    1 1978 HD

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  • 2010
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    The Way Between Two Points

    The Way Between Two Points

    5 2010 HD

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  • 1976
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    There Is a Criminal Touch to Art

    There Is a Criminal Touch to Art

    6 1976 HD

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  • 1976
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    There Is a Criminal Touch to Art

    There Is a Criminal Touch to Art

    6 1976 HD

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  • 2017
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    How I Stole a Painting

    How I Stole a Painting

    6 2017 HD

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  • 1977
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    Imponderabilia

    Imponderabilia

    4 1977 HD

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  • 1980
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    Rest Energy

    Rest Energy

    8.5 1980 HD

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