Father of Behavior Arts in China!Hundreds of millions of people once burst into tears for his love

When it comes to Ulei, the first reaction of many people is

He and "Mother of Behavior Art" Abramovich's shocking creation,

With decades of love and hate entanglement.

China, witnessed the end of this worldly love:

They walk 2500 kilometers in each of the Great Wall,

It took 3 months to walk to the other party and break up.

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Ulei and Abramovic's famous Great Wall breakup trip

Compared to Abramovic,

Ule's personal story is rarely understood by the public.

The pioneer of Poli Lai came to photography, physical and behavioral art,

Laughing that he was "the most famous unknown artist".

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The first exhibition of Ulea has attracted a lot of attention (the picture shows Guo Caijie and the exhibition curator Lai Mengxin)

In September 2022, two years after Ulei died,

His Asian exhibition was finally held in Beijing for the first time.

Visit the exhibition site for the first time,

And in -depth interviews with Wuru's close work partner, Hana Ostan Ožbolt,

And his widow Lena Pislak,

Revisiting the most famous love story in this art history from the perspective of Ulei,

In addition to love, Ule's wonderful life,

With the rich artistic property he left for the world.

Written article: Zhu Yuru

Responsible editor: Chen Ziwen

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The two ended the Great Wall's trip with a hug, and they had a 12 -year relationship with them

In 1988, Ule and Abramovich came to China and walked from 2,500 kilometers from both ends of the Great Wall to each other, so as to end their 12 -year feelings.

This three -month breakup is still regarded as the most classic and moving behavior art and love story.

As a male, Wuri represents "fire", and walks eastward from the surrounding desert surrounded by the desert and Jiayuguan on the edge of Gobi. Abramovich represents "water" and moves westward from Shanhaiguan in the Bohai Sea. 90 days later, the two eventually met, without too much speech, just holding each other tightly.

As the first westerner to board the Great Wall, no matter where they went, there were always a group of villagers behind them silently followed, and they looked curious.

Ulei was very excited about all of this. "He is a person who likes to deal with people. He uses Poli to go to the camera to record people and things he met along the way. He later brought these precious photos back to Europe, so that European audiences first learned about the true Chinese real in China for the first time. What looks like, said Hana Ostan OSTABOLT.

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See the along the way by Ulei with Poly ("China -The Great Wall" series 1986-1989)

In Ule's diary at the time, hand -painted the scenery he had seen along the way, posted the food stamps and renminbi he had used, and recorded the sentences of the Chinese poets and thinkers he heard from the villagers and the accompanying translations. He wrote in Chinese seriously: "Love, like air, no matter where, we enjoy it."

"From these records, you can feel that he really has a deep connection with this land and the people here. He is trying to get closer to Chinese culture step by step."

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Diary at the time ("Great Wall) Diary 1986-1989/2016)

In fact, the original Abramovic and Ulei planned to determine each other's feelings through the Great Wall journey and entered the marriage. However, the visa and other issues were delayed for 5 years, and the relationship between the two was also ended during this period.

"Many people have always thought that when the two are still in the Great Wall, they are still lover relationships. During this period, Ule's derailment has led to the final breakup. The fact is not the case. Their relationship has broken before starting. His quarrels crazy. But for art, they still decided to complete this. "Hana told one.

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Records people met in China with a camera ("China -Along the Great Wall" series 1986-1989)

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The paper -cutting with Chinese characteristics re -interpreted the Great Wall journey with Abramovic: at the time, the wife Ding Xiaosong manipulated the paperman, and finally ignited the paper man, implying the end of the relationship ("Couple" 1989)

After breaking up with Abramovich, Ulei married Ding Xiaosong and had a daughter with a translated translation after walking on the Great Wall. China has made him inspired by constant creative inspiration.

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Ulea's first exhibition "Ulei: Wuliang" Beijing Spurs Gallery

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A remote connection Ulei widow, the founder of the foundation Lina (right) and the Director of the Ule Foundation Hana (left)

"Come to China to do exhibitions has always been Wuri's wish when she was alive," Hana told us.

In September 2022, the 2nd anniversary of Ule's death, this wish finally realized. The first exhibition of Ulea was held in the Beijing Spurs Gallery, bringing together its representative works in different periods, and a series of precious personal objects that have never been displayed, including diary, showing the legendary life of the vanguard artist in all aspects.

"In the last years, he was very weak and could only lie on the bed, but he was still concerned about some documents and materials that came to China to handle exhibitions. This exhibition was realized based on these plans he made during his lifetime. What do he want to bring for Chinese audiences, "Wurle widow and foundation manager Lena Pislak told us.

In 1943, during World War II, Ule was born in a shelter in Germany during the war. His father died of illness, and his mother was mentally abnormal. At the age of 15, he became an orphan. "The depressed atmosphere after the war, coupled with the problem of the native family, he has not felt too much love, care, or even warmth. Such growth experience profoundly affected his artistic creation. He is eager to explore who he is, Where is his own belonging, "Hana said.

In the 1970s, Ulen created an extremely novel creative technique, between the art of photography and behavior — using Polaroid camera to shoot behavior performances.

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"She/He" 1973

He changed and played different roles in front of the camera: he took his makeup into a half -man and half -woman, and collapsed himself with different outfits ... "You can completely turn into another person on the outside, in the social environment, the social environment Experience different experiences, re -think your identity and the positioning of these identities, this incident fascinates him. "

Social edge groups are the most interested in Ulei, sex workers, transgender people, tramps, immigrants ... "Together with these people who have no sense of belonging, he tried to build a bridge, which aroused the concern of society to their attention to them. And discussion, this is a way he resists social norms and solidify the concept. "

"Such a rebellious spirit runs through his artistic creation and life. In this era of controlling and highly unified the market, he still hopes to be the unsuccessful person and do something different from the mainstream."

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Illegal contact with art works "1976

The most radical "rebellion" occurred in 1976. He stole Hitler's favorite painting from Berlin's new national gallery -Karl Sipzwig's "Poor Poet", and under the pursuit of the police, he eventually hanged paintings to a poor Turkish immigrant family. In the living room.

All of this was recorded by another radical artist, and this man was Abramovic.

The first sight of Ule and Abramovic was quite legendary.

In 1975, Ule watched Abramovich's behavior "Toma's Lip" in the Netherlands. After the performance, Abramovic said, "Today is my birthday, let's go to a drink." Ulei was surprised, "Today is also my birthday."

The two turned out their own diaries from the bag, and the pages of this day were torn off. Birthdays, related to their bad memories of families and childhood, are the most annoying days in the year. "We are like twins who have long been lost, and our body and soul are tightly connected," Abramovic once remembered.

It is not only those places that are surprisingly similar to her, but also the avant -garde and fearlessness in the Ulera bones. "He is different from everyone I have seen. His life is so exciting and full of experimental."

As soon as the two were shot, they began to live and create together for 12 years. They drove a van nomada around and lived a bitter -style monk: 5 o'clock in the morning to help farmers in exchange for the necessary foods, squeezing goat milk, and drinking mountain spring water.

"When the demand of material is lowered to the minimum, we can get true freedom. Only the one you love the most, and the thing you love -creation is the best and happy time in our lives."

They wrote down the famous art declaration later: there is no fixed residence, always in exercise, breakthrough restrictions, dare to take risks, do not repeat themselves, do not preset the ending ... "All these determine that their works are destined to be extraordinary, "Hana said.

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"Fever" 1977

Standing naked at the sides of the narrow entrance of the museum naked, the audience must enter through the narrow gap between the two people to enter. The only thing that can be chosen is to face the naked Ulei, or the naked Abramovic ...

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"AAA-AAA" 1978

Out of each other, gradually getting closer in constantly shouting, and almost roaring in the end ...

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"Exhaust/Inhale" 1978

Putting the nose and inhaling the carbon dioxide that each other exhaled from each other until both of them fell on the floor and unconscious ...

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"Static Energy" 1980

"Static Energy" is one of the most difficult performances for the two. What supports them is absolute trust in each other.

Ulei holds arrows and Abramovic's bow. They filled the bow with the weight of their bodies, and the arrow pointed directly at Abramovic's heart. Without paying attention, the arrow will leave the string. The two microphones recorded the increasingly severe heartbeat and breathing sound.

Someone once asked why Ulei did not point to her heart. He answered, "But her heart is also my heart." The performance finally lasted 4 minutes and 10 seconds, and Ule said that she couldn't continue.

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"Relationship in Time" 1977

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"Bright/Dark" 1977

"The reason why these works can be a classic, everyone can resonate with it because it is so extremely, strong, but so simple and pure. It explores the most fundamental thing of human beings -relationships The relationship is the relationship between all of us, "Hana said.

"They want to enlarge the conflict and damage that people may encounter in the relationship to the extreme, which is actually exactly the opposite of the actual relationship between the two, but they are willing to expose themselves in such a situation. Only in this situation In the following, people's fragility and most primitive and true reactions are unobstructed at a glance. "As the work is becoming more and more famous, the relationship between the two is getting worse. Ulei later mentioned in the interview that he did not like this excessive symbiotic relationship, and he did not want to become a celebrity. He enjoyed an unknown state.

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"Night Sea Crossing" 1981-1987

From 1981 to 1987, the two performed 22 "Night Sea Crossing" performances: sitting quietly at both ends of a long table every day, confronting each other for seven hours. "This long -term and repetitive work is actually more of her style, not what I am good at. Later, I couldn't help leaving first, but Abu did not, she chose to continue."

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In 2010, Ulei appeared at the SEF at Abramovich MOMA Exhibition.

After the Great Wall Branch in 1988, the two did not meet or say a word in 22 years. Abramovic's reputation is getting greater and greater. When he goes to exhibitions and performances around the world, Ule rarely appears in the vision of the mainstream art world.

"When I was injured, I was like a cat, and I would shrink back silently. But for Abu, after love was broken, it became hate." Ulemum later recalled.

Just when everyone thought that the love of this world was ending, in 2010, Ule surprised appeared at the individual exhibition of Abramovich MOMA (New York Museum of Modern Art).

At that time, Abramovic had been sitting quietly for 716 hours to look at more than 1,500 people. Her eyes were firm and silent, and the patterns were motionless, and some strangers were crying opposite.

All this was broken because of the appearance of Ule. When Ule sat down opposite, Abramovic reacted for a moment, and stretched out his hands to him. Ule also held her hand. The two looked at each other and laughed, and their eyes were full of tears.

"This is the first time I have broken the rules when I have made a work, because you are not a casual passenger, and you used to be my life." Abramovic later told Ule.

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Lina smiled and recalled the story of Ulei and Abramovich and good

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In his later years, Ule and Lina, Ulei said that Lina made him feel at home for the first time

In just more than a minute of view, it caused a sensation on the Internet, and hundreds of millions of people moved tears. But what many people don't know is that Ulei was accompanied by his wife Lina. "Ura said before entering, if it wasn't for me, he wouldn't come at all. At that time, their relationship was really bad." Lina recalled in an interview.

It can be said that Lina has improved the cold relationship between Ule and Abramovic with her own power. When we asked how she helped the two reconcile, Lina said that she was "loved to die."

In 2015, Abramovic and Ulei went to court for copyright issues. "In court, Ule actively greeted Abu, but Abu ignored her at all."

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The photo of Ulei and Abramovic reconciled

"Coincidentally, in December of that year, Ule and I went to India a small quiet repairs, about 30 people. One morning, I went to yoga and found that Abu was in front of me. I exclaimed in my heart. , 'God, how could she be here.' But soon, we both started chatting. "

"Abu said to me, 'When I love it, it is 100%love, and 100%when I hate.' I tell her, 'but this time may be different, we can not be so absolute.' Ulea was very resistant, but later he also joined in and talked about the three of us and became good friends. "

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Ulei and Lina came to Abramovic's house, and the Louisanna Museum made a documentary for the two

In the last summer of Ulei, he lived with Lina to Abramovic's house for a month. "It is not easy for both of them. I am proud of them. Seeing that they can overcome everything they used to, it is really beautiful to recover the respect and love for each other. It is of great significance. He can truly leave this world with peace of mind and peacefully. "

"Love is actually a kind of love with a lot of restrictions and conditions. I can finally reconcile with Abu. I think it is because we really learn to love unconditionally. The best result of love is friendship." Ulei was in the interview. Once sighed.

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Ulea's old age works: "Selfie, Low Sword Series" 1993 (top) "Invisible opponent" 2016 (below)

Although Ulea was tortured in his later years, he never stopped his creation. He returned to the early exploration path and used a larger format to come to the camera to try to fundamentally integrate photography and behavior art.

At the same time, he was committed to helping young artists. "From generation to generation, young people can continue to like his creation and continue to resonate with his works, which is the most exciting thing," said Hana.

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Lina accompanied Ule on a year of "farewell", during which Ule was still receiving chemotherapy

After the confirmation of cancer in 2011, Ulen tried a series of treatment methods such as chemotherapy, Indian herbal medicine, follow -up therapy, and acupuncture, but the most effective is "film therapy".

"At first, the doctor told Ulei that he could only live for 3-6 months. . Slovenian director Damyan Koosley recorded the journey and made a documentary "Cancer Plan". For Ule, this is the last and most important experiment he may be the last, and it may be the last. " ▲

Ulei and Lina (first left, second from left) and Abramovic (third from right)

"Everything that happened was very moving. I remember that we went to participate in the first 3 days of the premiere of Abu documentary. He had just received a chemotherapy. But he always performed so cheerful, optimistic, brave, full of vitality. You can't imagine him What goes behind. I think this is why he lived miraculously for 10 years in the end. "When he told this story, Lina choked, and his eyes flashed in the love of Ulei.

When it comes to the last few years of Ulei's life, Hana also had similar emotions. "The last performance work, despite being sitting in a wheelchair, with great pain, he still decided to go to London to complete. Later, he could only stay in bed to cultivate, but every time we went to his house to see him, he was still full of humor sense."

"He is such a person, never give up or compromise."

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Ulei's last work "Unable to Touch Selfie" 2016 2016

In March 2020, Ule died, leaving a number of important works with different styles, mediums, and techniques for the world.

"Ulei always described himself as a" jump "person. Other artists hope that they can have a representative style and method, and will maintain this image for the market and the public. Every time he wants to do what he has never done. Once he thinks that he has devoted everything, he starts the next challenge without pride. "

"For Ule, life lies in changes. Doing a pioneering thing forever, constantly break through the restrictions, go further, and enjoy the fun of this."

Some pictures thanks to the Ulean Foundation, Spurs Gallery, Lina, Marina Abramovic File, Lima

The copyright of the work is owned by the artist

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