A collection of fascinating and provocative quotations from the world-renowned performance artistMarina Abramoviฤ is arguably the most important and influential performance artist of our time. For decades, she has broken boundaries in iconic works such as The Artist Is Present (2010), where she sat in silence across from members of the public at the Museum of Modern Art for eight hours a day for three month ...Full description
A collection of fascinating and provocative quotations from the world-renowned performance artistMarina Abramoviฤ is arguably the most important and influential performance artist of our time. For decades, she has broken boundaries in iconic works such as The Artist Is Present (2010), where she sat in silence across from members of the public at the Museum of Modern Art for eight hours a day for three months, and Rhythm 0 (1974), a six-hour performance in which she stood next to a table holding seventy-two objects, including a scalpel and a loaded gun, and a sign suggesting audience members could do to her whatever they wanted. Gathered from interviews, lectures, writings, and other sources, Abramoviฤ-isms is a unique collection of quotations that offers a window into the mind of this iconic trailblazer.โArtists have to be free human beings. They have to have the complete freedom to express their ideas with no restrictions.โโOur body is an absolute replica of the Universe, and this is why I took to studying myselfโby studying myself, I can understand everything else and everybody else.โโBeauty doesnโt have a definition. What is important is what moves you.โโDonโt ever call me the grandmother of performance art. Just call me a warrior.โ