Performance Artist
Lupi personifies messages starkly, in ways which often remain marked indelibly on the artist’s body and firmly in the memories of those who view them. The body is central with tattoo, with scarification, with pain, with blood. For Salut this makes a clear connection with HIV, with the fear of transmission, through bodily fluids, of the once incurable disease, which ravaged the gay community in the 1980s. New Zealand’s HIV and AIDS sufferers are well served, in many countries this is not the case. Salut recognises that equality has not yet been achieved.
Ivan Lupi's 'Act of faith' Performance. Government Museum and Art College, Chandigarh - India Morni Hill Performance Art Biennale March 2016 Picture: Jeetin Rangher #actoffaith
