In an extensive interview, the book, kept in the form of a breviary, offers insight into the intentions and ideas of Marina Abramovic, an internationally renowned artist. Collected texts reflect the view of art history as well as that of the users of her installation. At the centre of the book stands an illustrative section concerning the installation in the vaulted cellar of the former Carthusian monastery and present Museum of Art of Canton Thurgau.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
Seller: Hourglass Books, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. A catalogue of an exhibition of performance art at the Kunstmuseum des Kantons Tlhurgau from October 8, 1995 to April 28, 1996; parallel texts in German and English; illustrated by a few photographs in black and white and in colour; 148 pages. Book. Seller Inventory # 024664
Seller: Expatriate Bookshop of Denmark/John Jackson Books, Svendborg, Denmark
orig. boards. 30x13cm, 139,(8) pages., Bilingual German-English text on facing pages. Exhibition catalogue. Includes 8 photoplates. ["Marina Abramovic, born November 30, 1946) is a Serbian performance artist. Her work explores the relationship between performer and audience, the limits of the body, and the possibilities of the mind. Being active for over four decades, Abramovic refers to herself as the 'grandmother of performance art'. She pioneered a new notion of identity by bringing in the participation of observers, focusing on 'confronting pain, blood, and physical limits of the body' ., " - wikipedia]. Minor wear. VG. In a rubbed dustwrapper., dustwrapper. Seller Inventory # 023203