When Marina Abramović dies : a biography / James Westcott.
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TextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.] : MIT Press, 2010.Description: XIII, 328p. : Ill. ; 23 cmISBN: - 0262232626
- 9780262232623
- 702.812 ABR
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
When Marina Abramović Dies examines the extraordinary life and death-defying work of one of the most pioneering artists of her generation--and one who is still at the forefront of contemporary art today. This intimate, critical biography chronicles Abramović's formative and until now undocumented years in Yugoslavia, and tells the story of her partnership with the German artist Ulay--one of the twentieth century's great examples of the fusion of artistic and private life.
In one of many long-durational performances in the renewed solo career that followed, Abramović famously lived in a New York gallery for twelve days without eating or speaking, nourished only by prolonged eye contact with audience members. It was here, in 2002, that author James Westcott first encountered her, beginning an exceptionally close relation between biographer and subject. When Marina Abramović Dies draws on Westcott's personal observations of Abramović, his unprecedented access to her archive, and hundreds of hours of interviews he conducted with the artist and the people closest to her. The result is a unique and vivid portrait of the charismatic self-proclaimed "grandmother of performance art."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- acknowledgements (p. ix)
- note on the text (p. xi)
- Preface (p. xiii)
- Introduction (p. 1)
- Part 1 Yugoslavia 1946-1975
- 1 Birth Pains (p. 9)
- 2 Partisan Stories (p. 17)
- 3 Menstruation, Masturbation, Migraines (p. 25)
- 4 Self-Management (p. 33)
- 5 Life in Art (p. 39)
- 6 New Art for a New Society (p. 49)
- 7 Sound Made Flesh (p. 59)
- 8 Rites of Passage (p. 65)
- 9 Mark-Making (p. 77)
- Part 2 Ulay 1975-1988
- 10 November 30 + November 30 (p. 85)
- 11 Artist Must Be Beautiful (p. 95)
- 12 Mobile Energy (p. 111)
- 13 Motor Function (p. 133)
- 14 Who Creates Limits (p. 145)
- 15 Aboriginals (p. 155)
- 16 Snake Couple Go On (p. 165)
- 17 Theater and Tragedy (p. 175)
- 18 Abstinence and Affairs (p. 181)
- 19 Revelations (p. 191)
- 20 The Lovers (p. 199)
- Part 3 Solo In Public 1988-
- 21 Spiritual / Material (p. 209)
- 22 Biography (p. 219)
- 23 Balkanization (p. 233)
- 24 Temporary Forever (p. 239)
- 25 Normality (p. 247)
- 26 Wolf Rat and Golden Lion (p. 255)
- 27 Settlement (p. 261)
- 28 Biographer (p. 273)
- 29 Performance Art as a Performing Art (p. 287)
- 30 Knowledge of Death (p. 299)
- epilogue: Before Marina Abramovic Dies (p. 309)
- notes (p. 311)
- References (p. 319)
- Index (p. 323)
Author notes provided by Syndetics
James Westcott has written on art, architecture, and politics for numerous publications including the Guardian and the Village Voice , and was editor of artreview.com. He now writes and edits for AMO, the think tank and publishing unit of Rem Koolhaas's Office for Metropolitan Architecture, in Rotterdam.