{"product_id":"abramovic-isms","title":"Abramović-isms","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA collection of fascinating and provocative quotations from the world-renowned performance artist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarina Abramović 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 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\u003eAbramović-isms \u003c\/i\u003eis a unique collection of quotations that offers a window into the mind of this iconic trailblazer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“Artists have to be free human beings. They have to have the complete freedom to express their ideas with no restrictions.”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\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.”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“Beauty doesn’t have a definition. What is important is what moves you.”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“Don’t ever call me the grandmother of performance art. Just call me a warrior.”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49798918373720,"sku":"9780691263731","price":18.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/abramovic-isms","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}