Marina Abramovic̕ : Balkan epic / edited by Adelina von Fürstenberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Abramović, Marina.

Contributor:

Fürstenberg, Adelina von.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Abramović, Marina--Exhibitions.

Abramović, Marina.

Installations (Art)--Italy--Milan--Exhibitions.

Installations (Art).

Performance art--Italy--Milan--Exhibitions.

Performance art.

Italy--Milan.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

112 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

Other Title:

Balkan epic

Place of Publication:

Milano : Skira, [2006]

Summary:

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.

Contents:

The Erotic Body / Fulvio Salvadori 12

The Balkans Unbound / Steven Henry Madoff 18

Works

Balkan Baroque 28

The Hero 40

Count on Us 44

Tesla Urn 60

Nude with Skeleton 62

Balkan Erotic Epic 64

A Conversation on Balkan Erotic Epic / Fredrik Carlstrom, Marina Abramovic 65

Talking about Sexuality / Marina Abramovic, Jeanette Fischer 70.

Notes:

Catalog of an exhibition held at the Hangar Bicocca, Milan, Italy, Jan. 20-Apr. 23, 2006.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

8876246789 :

OCLC:

69982454