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Marina Abramović / Andrea Tarsia with Rebecca Bray.

Contributor(s): Publication details: London : Royal Academy of Arts, 2023.Description: 262 pages : colour illustrations ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 9781912520411
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Contents:
Introduction / Andrea Tarsia
The brutal eloquence of flesh and blood: early performances of the 1970s / Svetlana Racanović
The cut and the line in time / Adrian Heathfield
Marina Abramović and Ulay: on relation / Karen Archey
Balkan Baroque: death wish converted / Svetlana Racanović
Tools for transcendence: the transitory objects / Devin Zuber
Bridging between worlds: visible and invisible reality / Devin Zuber
Catalogue plates, with section introductions by / Andrea Tarsia
Marina Abramović, a chronology / Rebecca Bray
Summary: This new book records the first UK exhibition to include works from her entire career. Some of her best-known and most radical works appear alongside new works created especially for the exhibition. An augmented reality app for iOS and Android enables readers to watch films of Abramović’s original performances while reading the book.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Barcode
Book Book CGLAS Library Monographs Room ABR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 12767

Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, 23 September 2023 - 1 January 2024; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 16 March-14 July 2024; Kunsthaus Zürich, October 2024-February 2025; Tel Aviv Museum of Art, March-August 2025; Kunstforum Wien, 2 October 2025-18 January 2026.

Includes bibliographical references (pp.254-258), filmography (page 258) and index.

Introduction / Andrea Tarsia

The brutal eloquence of flesh and blood: early performances of the 1970s / Svetlana Racanović

The cut and the line in time / Adrian Heathfield

Marina Abramović and Ulay: on relation / Karen Archey

Balkan Baroque: death wish converted / Svetlana Racanović

Tools for transcendence: the transitory objects / Devin Zuber

Bridging between worlds: visible and invisible reality / Devin Zuber

Catalogue plates, with section introductions by / Andrea Tarsia

Marina Abramović, a chronology / Rebecca Bray

This new book records the first UK exhibition to include works from her entire career. Some of her best-known and most radical works appear alongside new works created especially for the exhibition. An augmented reality app for iOS and Android enables readers to watch films of Abramović’s original performances while reading the book.