The actress, aged 52 appeared at the Museum of Modern Art in New York yesterday in an installation titled 'The Maybe'. The museum did not comment on the performance, nor did it give any details as to what it was trying to achieve.
Swinton first performed the piece at The Serpentine Gallery, London in 1995 and attracted 22,000 visitors and also received a Turner Prize nomination. The actress, who was most recently seen in David Bowie's latest music video slept for eight hours in a glass box. The piece was not announced, and the spectators were not expecting to see it. Tweets from spectators inside the gallery revealed that actor James Franco had turned up (Franco starred in 127 Hours) there was no official confirmation, except a few grainy images.
Swinton first performed the piece at The Serpentine Gallery, London in 1995 and attracted 22,000 visitors and also received a Turner Prize nomination. The actress, who was most recently seen in David Bowie's latest music video slept for eight hours in a glass box. The piece was not announced, and the spectators were not expecting to see it. Tweets from spectators inside the gallery revealed that actor James Franco had turned up (Franco starred in 127 Hours) there was no official confirmation, except a few grainy images.