Walk Through Walls
A Memoir
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Published:7th Sep '17
Should be back in stock very soon
This memoir chronicles Marina Abramovic's extraordinary journey as a performance artist, highlighting her life, relationships, and groundbreaking works, including Walk Through Walls.
In Walk Through Walls, Marina Abramovic offers a captivating glimpse into her remarkable life and career as a pioneering performance artist. Spanning five decades, this memoir delves into her formative years in communist Yugoslavia, where she began to explore the boundaries of art and the human experience. From her early days as a young art student in Belgrade during the 1970s, Abramovic's journey is marked by a series of groundbreaking pieces that transformed her body into a canvas, challenging the conventions of art and performance.
The narrative also explores her deeply personal relationship with Ulay, a fellow performance artist and her collaborator for twelve years. Their partnership not only shaped her artistic vision but also added layers of complexity to her life story. Throughout the book, readers are introduced to the many influential figures Abramovic has worked with, including Lady Gaga, Jay-Z, James Franco, and Willem Dafoe, highlighting her impact on contemporary culture.
Walk Through Walls stands as a testament to Abramovic's resilience and creativity, providing an intimate look at the artist behind celebrated works like 'The Artist is Present' and '512 Hours'. It is a compelling exploration of the intersection of art and life, showcasing the profound influence of one of the most significant figures in performance art today.
Could this be her bravest work of performance art to date? . . . Rawly intimate and weirdly mesmeric. * Observer *
Enchanting and emotionally raw, Walk Through Walls is an honest, gripping, and profound look into the heart and brilliant mind of one of the quintessential artists of the postmodern era.
* Publishers Weekly, starred review *In her new memoir, Walk Through Walls, [Marina Abramovic] exposes herself as provocatively and fearlessly in language as she has done for many years in her largely nonverbal performance art. Her page-turner of a narrative [is] at times shocking...genuinely moving, and always coruscatingly honest. * Elle *
Marina has lived like an unstoppable force of nature, with the kind of power that leaves me feeling breathless and disquieted-while at the same time profoundly impressed, awed, and inspired. As I turn the pages of her book, I hear her voice in my head, as if she were actually narrating the words. . . Her voice is soothing, calm, and centered. It belies the trauma, fear, and darkness coiled at the root of her impulse to express and expunge.
* Annie Lennox, Vanity Fair *Candidly and vividly sharing her personal struggles as well as her artistic and spiritual discoveries, Abramovic presents a uniquely intense and affecting art memoir. * Booklist, starred review *
ISBN: 9780241974520
Dimensions: 197mm x 129mm x 26mm
Weight: 330g
384 pages