Marina Abramović has praised Lady Gaga after the singer appeared in a striking video for the performance artist.

As previously reported, the 'Born This Way' star is featured in a fundraising video for the Marina Abramović Institute art project.

She is filmed practising the Abramović method, with Gaga seen fully naked in a forest as she attunes her spirituality.

Speaking to MTV News, Marina Abramović said that the 'ARTPOP' singer was a "hardcore student", revealing:

"I was very impressed with how humble and incredibly determined and hardcore this kid is. She said, 'I want you to teach me, I want to be your student'. She is a hardcore student. I had to blindfold her and she was in the forest for three hours, eaten by mosquitoes and spiders, scratched by the bushes. It was quite incredible. Whatever I told her she met the exercise absolutely to the end, never complaining. And my exercises are pretty tough."

Not everyone was impressed with Gaga's video, however, with DJ Deadmau5 taking to Twitter to decry the 'artistic' clip.