{"product_id":"abramovic-isms-9780691263731","title":"Abramovic-Isms","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA collection of fascinating and provocative quotations from the world-renowned performance artist\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMarina Abramovic is arguably the most important and influential performance artist of our time. For decades, she has broken boundaries in iconic works such as \u003ci\u003eThe Artist Is Present \u003c\/i\u003e(2010), where she sat in silence across from members of the public at the Museum of Modern Art for up to eight hours a day for three months, and \u003ci\u003eRhythm 0 \u003c\/i\u003e(1974), a six-hour performance in which she stood next to a table holding seventy-two objects, including a scalpel and a loaded gun, and a sign suggesting audience members could do to her whatever they wanted. Gathered from interviews, lectures, writings, and other sources, \u003ci\u003eAbramovic-isms \u003c\/i\u003eis a unique collection of quotations that offers a window into the mind of this iconic trailblazer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Artists have to be free human beings. They have to have the complete freedom to express their ideas with no restrictions.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Our body is an absolute replica of the Universe, and this is why I took to studying myself--by studying myself, I can understand everything else and everybody else.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Beauty doesn't have a definition. What is important is what moves you.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Don't ever call me the grandmother of performance art. Just call me a warrior.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/22\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691263731\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.40h x 4.20w x 0.70d","brand":"Marina Abramovic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44637589078197,"sku":"9780691263731","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_cce69ed1-0faf-4b2e-9da8-a4e0ca913e2f.jpg?v=1726582262","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/abramovic-isms-9780691263731","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}