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Nomadic Journey and Spirit of Places by Marina Abramovic - Signed Edition
£80.00
Hand Signed by Marina Abramovic to a Book Specific Bookplate
Hardback 1st Edition in Slipcase
Nomadic Journey and Spirit of Places by Marina Abramovic - Signed Edition
Hand Signed by Marina Abramovic to a Book Specific Bookplate
Hardback 1st Edition in Slipcase
New & Unread - Published 2024
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.
Compiled over the course of four decades on stationery from various hotels and other temporary residences, this self-curated collection of Marina Abramović’s original drawings, collages, poetry, writings, cut- outs, and photographs offers readers a rare insight into a daring and utterly original body of work. This book takes readers on a journey through the brilliant mind of the world’s most revered performance artist―a mind in constant motion and always evolving. “I believe we humans need to keep moving forward and my own life was purely nomadic,” Abramović writes of her travel diaries. “My home was everywhere I went, because my home was my own body.”
About the Author: Since the beginning of her career in Belgrade during the early 1970s, Marina Abramovic has pioneered performance as a visual art form, creating some of the most important early works. The body has always been both her subject and medium. Exploring her physical and mental limits in works that ritualize the simple actions of everyday life, she has withstood pain, exhaustion and danger in her quest for emotional and spiritual transformation. From 1975–88, Abramovic and the German artist Ulay performed together, dealing with relations of duality. Abramovic returned to solo performances in 1989.
She has presented her work at major institutions in the US and Europe, including the Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven,1985; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 1990; Neue National Galerie, Berlin, 1993, and the Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, 1995. She has also participated in many large-scale international exhibitions including the Venice Biennale (1976 and 1997) and Documenta VI, VII and IX, Kassel (1977, 1982 and 1992). Recent performances include "The House With The Ocean View" at Sean Kelly Gallery, New York in 2002, and the Performance "7 Easy Pieces" at Guggenheim Museum, New York in 2005. In 2010, Abramovic had her first major U.S. retrospective and simultaneously performed for over 700 hours in “The Artist is Present” at Museum of Modern Art, New York. Using herself and the public as medium, Abramovic performed for three months at the Serpentine Gallery in London, 2014; the piece was titled after the duration of the work, “512 Hours”.
She was awarded the Golden Lion for Best Artist at the 1997 Venice Biennale for the video installation and performance “Balkan Baroque.” In 2008 she was decorated with the Austrian Commander Cross for her contribution to Art History. In 2013, the French Minister of Culture accepted her as an Officer to the Order of Arts and Letters. In addition to these and other awards, Abramovic also holds multiple honorary doctorates from institutions around the world.
Format: Hardback Edition
ISBN: 9783791377681
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