{"product_id":"when-marina-abramovic-dies-isbn-9780262526814","title":"When Marina Abramovic Dies","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe extraordinary life and death-defying work of one of the most important and pioneering performance artists in contemporary art.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen Marina Abramović Dies\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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. \u003ci\u003eWhen Marina Abramović Dies\u003c\/i\u003e 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.”\u003c\/p\u003e[This book] is illuminating, well illustrated (100 photographs), and extremely thorough. It is also a great read.—\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Otto\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWomen's Art Journal\u003c\/i\u003e—\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWestcott has almost certainly produced what will be considered Abramovic's definitive biography, at least of her first sixty-five years.\u003c\/p\u003e—\u003cb\u003eRoberta Mock\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCambridge University Press\u003c\/i\u003e—James Westcott has written on art, architecture, and politics for numerous publications including the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301318480101,"sku":"NP9780262526814","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780262526814.jpg?v=1767743970","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/when-marina-abramovic-dies-isbn-9780262526814","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}