
Person
Ulay
Acting · Born 1943-11-30 · Solingen, Germany
Biography
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.
Known for

Ulay
Himself
China Ring
Camera Operator
China Ring
Producer

Body Art
Self

The Way Between Two Points
2010

Three
self

Imponderabilia
1977

Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present
Self

Balkan Baroque
Self

Kaiserschnitt
Director
Filmography
- 2022Marina Abramović & Ulay: No Predicted EndSelf - Artist
- 2017How I Stole a PaintingThe artist
- 2017The story of Marina Abramovic and Ulay
- 2013UlayHimself
- 2012Marina Abramović: The Artist Is PresentSelf
- 2010The Way Between Two Points
- 1999Balkan BaroqueSelf
- 1997Talking about Similarityhimself
- 19964 Performances by Marina Abramovic 1975-1976Camera Operator
- 1989The Great Wall: Lovers at the BrinkHimself
- 1988China RingCamera Operator
- 1988China RingProducer
- 1983City of AngelsDirector
- 1980Rest EnergySelf
- 1979Relation Workself
- 1979KaiserschnittDirector
- 1978Threeself
- 1978Incision
- 1978AAA-AAAhimself
- 1977Relation in Timeself
- 1977Light / DarkDirector
- 1977Breathing In/Breathing OutUlay
- 1977Imponderabilia
- 1977Expansion in Spacehimself
- 1977Documentazione Della Settimana Internazionale Della Performance
- 1977Relation in Movementhimself
- 1977Light/DarkHimself
- 1977Balance Proof
- 1977Relation in Space
- 1977Charged SpaceDirector
- 1976There Is a Criminal Touch to Art
- 1976The Pink Biennal
- 1976Freeing The BodyDirector
- 1975Body ArtSelf
- 1975Freeing the VoiceDirector
- 1975Freeing the MemoryDirector
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