Marina Abramović Books

'Her bravest work of performance art to date . . . Rawly intimate' Observer This memoir spans Marina Abramovic's five decade career, and tells a life story that is almost as exhilarating and extraordinary as her groundbreaking performance art. Taking us from her early life in communist ex-Yugoslavia, to her time as a young art student in Belgrade in the 1970s, where she first made her mark with a series of pieces that used the body as a canvas, the book also describes her relationship with the West German performance artist named Ulay who was her lover and sole collaborator for 12 years. Abramovic has collaborated with stars from Lady Gaga to Jay-Z, James Franco and Willem Dafoe. Best known for her recent pieces 'The Artist is Present' and '512 Hours', this book is a fascinating insight into the life of one of the most important artists working today, and the woman who has been described as 'the grandmother of performance art'.

A selection of artworks by international artists dealing with the food theme and all its implications. This volume accompanies the international traveling exhibition FOOD, that focuses on the preservation of Earth and food choices, as well as the effects of climate change, the poisoning of agricultural products, the food distribution gap, famine, and other related concerns.

Marina Abramovic was a pioneer in the use of performance art as a visual art form. The body has always been both her subject and medium. Exploring the physical and mental limits of her being, she has withstood pain, exhaustion, and danger in the quest for emotional and spiritual transformation. This volume documents Abramovic's Balkan series of video installations and performances created in the period from 1997 to 2005. The works confront us with the gaps between hope and total destruction, with heroism, idealistic passion, human warmth, and almost unbearable static situations. In her latest work, Balkan Erotic Epic, Abramovic creates new, surprising perspectives on archaic rituals that used erotic powers to influence fate and fortune. These powerful images talk to us about the disavowal of ancient practices, and about something buried deep in our consciousness.

„This book should be seen as a diary filled with writings, poetry, cut-outs, collages, photographs, and drawings printed on the stationary papers which keep the memory of my journeys.“ Marina Abramović Never before published, this self-curated, intensely personal collection of travel notes and sketches by the world’s most revered performance artist offers readers a kind of iconography of Abramović’s daring and utterly original body of work. An artist’s notebooks are arguably the most authentic means of understanding her process, techniques, and impulses. And, for a performance artist, a rare, permanent record of how she develops her craft. Compiled over the course of four decades on stationery from various hotels, and other temporary residences, this collection of Marina Abramović’s original drawings, collages, poetry, writings, cut-outs, photographs and doodles offers glimpses of a brilliant mind in constant motion. Beautifully produced and packaged, it takes readers on a journey through Abramović’s thoughts—and traces the evolution of the most fruitful phase of her career. “My home was everywhere I went because my home was my own body.” With the archival material elegantly reproduced in their original size on high-quality paper, this collection offers Abramović’s enormous fanbase unprecedented access to her creative process.

Die Schriftensammlung versammelt handschriftliche und maschinengeschriebene Notizen, Tagebucheinträge, Gedichte, Traumberichte, Reisebeschreibunge, Briefe, Anweisungen für Performances, Erzählungen, Konzepte, Ideen und Sammlungen von Dokumenten aus dem unerschöpflichen Archiv Marina Abramović’s und erlaubt so unerwartete und tiefe Einblicke in das Schaffen einer Künstlerin, die vor allem für ihre radikalen Performances bekannt ist und im Laufe einer über 50 Jahre umspannenden Karriere mit ihrer immateriellen Kunst ein breites Publikum erreicht.

Marina Abramović has pioneered performance as a visual art form. She created some of the most important early works in this practice, including Rhythm 0 (1974), in which she offered herself as an object of experimentation for the audience, as well as Rhythm 5 (1974), where she lay in the centre of a burning five-point star to the point of losing consciousness. These performances married concept with physicality, endurance with empathy, complicity with loss of control, passivity with danger. They pushed the boundaries of self-discovery, both of herself and her audience. They also marked her first engagements with time, stillness, energy, pain, and the resulting heightened consciousness generated by long durational performance. The catalogue provides a unique insight into the artist’s working method and reflections. It is devoted to more than 50 years of drawings, sketches, thoughts, dreams and ideas produced in Abramović’s hand, and demonstrates the artist’s methodological approach. The book thus provides valuable insight into the processes that provide further background knowledge on her performance and communal works.

Assembled from the wisdom of 36 legendary art teachers – all of them artists or critics at the top of their field – Akademie X: Lessons in Art + Life is an ideal curriculum for the aspiring artist. Each of the book’s "tutors" has provided a unique lesson that aims to provoke, inspire and stimulate the aspiring artist. These lessons cover some combination of the following: technical advice (e.g. don’t make a sculpture bigger than your studio door), assignments (some of which will take five minutes to complete, others five years), tips for avoiding creative ruts (including suggestions for mind‐expanding materials to read, watch or listen to), principles of careful looking (demonstrated with images of artworks, photographs, films or even billboard advertisements), advice on the daily practice of art (how to balance time alone in the studio with building an artistic community), career pointers (how to prepare for a studio visit from a curator or gallerist) and personal anecdotes (e.g. stories from the instructor’s own humble beginnings). Taken together, these lessons offer the reader a set of tools for thinking, seeing and living as an artist. Not only is Akademie X: Lessons in Art + Life the first illustrated text book of its kind for artists, but it will also appeal to anyone interested in contemporary art, providing first hand revelations into the philosophies and techniques of some of the world’s best artists and writers.

A mesmerising literary novel about a lost man in search of connection that is also a meditation on love, art and commitment, set against the backdrop of one of the greatest art events in modern history.

The Abramovic Method will surmount any creative barrier and refocus your life.

As part of the 54th International Art Exhibition- la Biennale di Venezia, Personal Structures showcases 28 artists from 12 countries across 5 continents. This exhibition, held in 24 rooms at the prestigious Palazzo Bembo near the Rialto Bridge, features a mix of established and lesser-known artists united by their exploration of Time, Space, and Existence. Curated by Karlyn De Jongh and Sarah Gold, each room is dedicated to a single artist, creating a unique atmosphere through their strong statements. The diverse range of artistic media includes videos, sculptures, paintings, photographs, light installations, wallpaper, and performance art. Personal Structures is part of an international art project initiated in 2002 by Dutch artist Rene Rietmeyer, who recognized that artists worldwide engage with these themes in deeply personal ways. This insight inspired the creation of publications, exhibitions, and symposia to bring these artists together. Each artwork presented is either site-specific or drawn from the artist's studio, emphasizing the contemporary relevance of their work.

Die Publikation zur ersten Retrospektive von Marina Abramovic in Europa bietet einen umfassenden Überblick über ihr Werk der frühen Jahre bis heute: Film, Photographie, Malerei, Objekte, Installationen und Archivmaterial.

Die Autobiografie – zum 70. Geburtstag am 30. November 2016 Sie hat die Grenzen der Kunst gesprengt: sich gepeitscht, mit einer Glasscherbe ein Pentagramm in den Bauch geritzt, ein Messer in die Finger gerammt. Sie ist 2500 Kilometer auf der Chinesischen Mauer gegangen, zwölf Jahre in einem umgebauten Citroën-Bus durch die Welt gefahren und hat ein Jahr bei den Aborigines in Australien gelebt. Spätestens seit »The Artist is Present« – ihrer berühmten Performance 2010 im New Yorker Museum of Modern Art - gilt Marina Abramović in der ganzen Welt als Kultfigur. Robert Redford schwärmt für sie genauso wie Lady Gaga. Vom »Time Magazine« wurde sie zu den 100 wichtigsten Menschen des Jahres 2014 gewählt. In ihren Memoiren blickt Abramović zurück auf sieben Lebensjahrzehnte als charismatische Künstlerin und Grenzgängerin. Von ihrer strengen Kindheit im kommunistischen Jugoslawien, wo sie bei ihren der politischen Elite nahestehenden Eltern im Schatten Titos aufwuchs – bis hin zu ihren jüngsten Aktionen, bei denen sie die Seele von Millionen von Menschen mit der Kraft ihres Schweigens berührte. Ausstattung: Mit 141 Schwarz-weiß-Fotos und 16 Seiten Farbbildteil

Mit diesen 30 Karten mit Anleitungen von Marina Abramović erlernen Sie die Methode, mit der die weltbekannte Künstlerin selbst nach einem höheren Bewusstsein strebt und den Herausforderungen des Lebens begegnet. Die Methode besteht aus den Übungen, die Marina Abramović entwickelt hat, um sich auf ihre legendären Performances vorzubereiten. Sie hilft auch Ihnen, sich zu konzentrieren, mit dem Hier und Jetzt wieder in Kontakt zu treten und Ihr volles kreatives Potenzial zu entdecken und es zu nutzen. Enthält ein Booklet mit beschreibenden Texten und Werken der Künstlerin - 30 Karten mit Anleitungen zu jeder Übung - Von einer populären Künstlerin, die mit provozierenden Performances weltweit von sich reden macht. 30 farbig illustrierte Karten mit Booklet in Box.

Herausgegeben Von Sabine Breitwiesser. Catalog Of Exhibition Held At Generali Foundation, Vienna From 11 May Till 12 August 2001. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 230-236) German And English.

Co máme na mysli, keď hovoríme o telách v divadle? Telo je neoddeliteľnou súčasťou divadelnej produkcie a ovplyvňuje spôsob, akým ju vníma obecenstvo. Publikácia skúma komplexný vzťah medzi divadlom a telesnosťou, pričom sa opiera o príklady súčasného divadelného umenia. Odhaľuje napätia medzi telesnosťou, konkrétnymi telami, jazykom a pohybom v divadle. „Táto kniha presne odhaľuje, ako dnes uvažujeme o tele,“ hovorí Marina Abramović. Edícia zahŕňa sériu knižiek, ktoré skúmajú interdisciplinárnu energiu divadla a performancie, kladú otázky o vzájomných súvislostiach medzi divadlom a svetom. Každú knihu napísala významná osobnosť z oblasti divadelnej vedy, ktorá sa zaoberá kritickým myslením v tejto disciplíne. Colette Conroy, prednášajúca teóriu drámy na Royal Holloway, sa zameriava na znevýhodnenie v aplikovanom divadle. Jana Juráňová, spisovateľka a prekladateľka, preložila dielo viacerých významných autoriek a je spoluzakladateľkou feministického projektu ASPEKT. V súčasnosti pracuje aj v Divadelnom ústave ako redaktorka.