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Walk Through Walls (Signed and Numbered Collector's)
Walk Through Walls (Signed and Numbered Collector's) | Marina Abramovic
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Limited to 1,970 copies in print, numbered and signed by the author and legendary artist Marina Abramovic. - Lavish packaging: Encased in a bright red slipcase with die-cut holes, this deluxe edition makes for a chic and artistic literary presentation - Hand-signed cover: Each deluxe edition cover will be hand-signed by Marina Abramovic and feature elegant color endpapers, two full color 8-page inserts, and over 100 black and white photographs throughout the book "I had experienced absolute freedom--I had felt that my body was without boundaries, limitless; that pain didn't matter, that nothing mattered at all--and it intoxicated me." In 2010, more than 750,000 people stood in line at Marina Abramovic's MoMA retrospective for the chance to sit across from her and communicate with her nonverbally in an unprecedented durational performance that lasted more than 700 hours. This celebration of nearly fifty years of groundbreaking performance art demonstrated once again that Marina Abramovic is truly a force of nature. The child of Communist war-hero parents under Tito's regime in postwar Yugoslavia, she was raised with a relentless work ethic. Even as she was beginning to build an international artistic career, Marina lived at home under her mother's abusive control, strictly obeying a 10 p.m. curfew. But nothing could quell her insatiable curiosity, her desire to connect with people, or her distinctly Balkan sense of humor--all of which informs her art and her life. The beating heart of Walk Through Walls is an operatic love story--a twelve-year collaboration with fellow performance artist Ulay, much of which was spent penniless in a van traveling across Europe--a relationship that began to unravel and came to a dramatic end atop the Great Wall of China. Marina's story, by turns moving, epic, and dryly funny, informs an incomparable artistic career that involves pushing her body past the limits of fear, pain, exhaustion, and danger in an uncompromising quest for emotional and spiritual transformation. A remarkable work of performance in its own right, Walk Through Walls is a vivid and powerful rendering of the unparalleled life of an extraordinary artist.
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literateBee

Mine was neither signed nor numbered, but I loved it none the less.

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mirnas
Walk Through Walls: A Memoir | Marina Abramovic
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"Walk throught the walls" is Marina Abramović's memoir. I had very basic knowledge about her work so I decided to read this book when I stumbled upon it in the library. I have read it in a day! So interesting! It has definitely helped me to better understand Performance and Conceptual Art.

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SanjanaGhosh
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To be honest, I had no clue who Marina Abramovic is till I read this book. This was unlike any other autobiography I've read, I actually found this to be a page turner.

Nute I‘ve never heard of her. Thanks for sharing this information! I want to know more about her now! 4y
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SanjanaGhosh
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On a road trip on a beautiful Sunday morning with this book as a companion (and my family)

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can't wait to start this... soon.......

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PagesOfKate
Walk Through Walls: A Memoir | Marina Abramovic
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Cant wait to start reading this book tonight. Hooray for Amazon warehouse! #nonfiction #booklove

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Ein großartiges Buch, welches einem #Performance #Kunst näher bringt.
Meine #Rezension "Vier Tage lang blutige Rinderknochen schrubben – über die Autobiografie von Marina Abramović" ist hier zu finden: http://wp.me/p7xLo9-OQ

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"Als ich den frenetischen Applaus des Publikums hörte, wusste ich, dass es mir gelungen war, eine unvorhergesehene Einheit von Gegenwart und Vergangenheit herzustellen, mit zufälligen Abweichungen." (S. 84) #Kunst #Performence #Abramovic

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S. 25 Die Kindheit von Abramovic liest sich wie eine Gruselgeschichte. Sie wurde von ihrer Mutter geschlagen und von anderen Kindern gehänselt. Trotzdem ist sie nicht gänzlich zerbrochen, sondern hat ihre Kindheit in Stärke verwandelt. #Abramovic #Autobiografie #Kindheit

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FrauPixel
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Die Biografie von Marina Abramovic ist faszinierend. Sie erzählt von ihrer Kindheit im kommunistischen Jugoslawien und vom langwierigen Prozeß, sich von der strengen und prüden Mutter zu trennen. Man kommt der großen Künstlerin ganz nah. Sie erklärt ihre Performances und man versteht die Grenzen, die sie dabei überwinden musste. Sind ihre frühen Projekte von Schmerz und Gefahr geprägt, sind spätere Aktionen konzentriert und ruhig.

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samritch
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Hey Marina, I'm not really sure I'm picking up what you're putting down, but you're endlessly fascinating! I'm thoroughly enjoying Abramović's memoir despite my lack of familiarity with performance art

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SaintUrsula
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Marina Abramovic is a fascinating woman. Also maybe more than a little crazy. I'm not saying that because of any of her performance pieces, but more because she thinks she communicated telepathically with Aboriginal people in Australia and believes in all kinds of weird crystal stuff. if you think she's a dangerous satanist you should probably avoid the book but otherwise you might find the look into the beginnings of performance art interesting.

SaintUrsula 🔪🔪🔪🔪 4 knives out of 5. 7y
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Julz422
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This memoir was everything I would expect from a talented and interesting artist like Abramovic. She tells the stories of her troubled childhood in the former Yugoslavia that clearly show how she was shaped to embrace the discipline and darkness required for her art. She describes many of her former performance pieces and her travels are envious. This memoir is not for the faint of heart, but I recommend giving it a try!

Owlizabeth Is this the woman who stares at people? 7y
Julz422 @Owlizabeth she's a performance artist! She has a thing at Moma where people could sit in front of her if that's what you mean 😂 7y
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Julz422
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I kind of want to try this complaining to a tree thing...

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Julz422
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Still loving this book, but this woman...she's a true artist in the craziest sense of that word.

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SaintUrsula
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Hilariously, she was just talking about how she had a very short-lived job as a mail carrier. She decided to only deliver the mail which was hand-addressed. She threw away everything else, "especially the bills."

charl08 No wonder it didn't last long! 7y
SaintUrsula Never hire an artist to deliver the mail! 7y
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Julz422
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As we continue to mediate on fear and where it stems from in our country...

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Julz422
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This just came 🙌 soooooo excited!

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whitney
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I'm starting RIGHT NOW. *cancels all meetings, refuses to answer phone, ignores emails*

Sasasp Svidja mi se 😌😌😌😌😌 8y
RebeccaSpeas Oh SNAP 8y
Zenira3 😳😍 8y
Dulceisnormal OH WOW 8y
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