Lowe and Abramovic in the Madrid studio of Factum Arte.
Photographer: Bego Antón for Bloomberg Businessweek
Art & Design
Step Inside the Factory Where Superstars Make Their Art
Adam Lowe fabricates work for Marina Abramovic, Maya Lin, Anish Kapoor, and many more in a Willy Wonka-style factory outside Madrid.
On a sunny February afternoon in Madrid, the performance artist Marina Abramovic is going over a list of things she wants to create for her coming solo show at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. For starters, there’s something she calls a “fountain.”
“The fountain is me, made out of glass,” she explains, speaking in a Slavic-accented English that’s delivered in a soft near-monotone. “But out of everything—my nose, mouth, eyes, breasts, fingertips—comes blood.”