{"product_id":"abramovic-isms-by-marina-abramovic-9780691263731","title":"Abramović-isms","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA collection of fascinating and provocative quotations from the world-renowned performance artist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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 \u003cem\u003eThe Artist Is Present\u003c\/em\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 \u003cem\u003eRhythm 0\u003c\/em\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, with a sign suggesting audience members could do to her whatever they wanted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGathered from interviews, lectures, writings, and other sources, \u003cem\u003eAbramović-isms\u003c\/em\u003e is a unique collection of quotations that offers a window into the mind of this iconic trailblazer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Artists have to be free human beings. They have to have the complete freedom to express their ideas with no restrictions.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\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\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Beauty doesn't have a definition. What is important is what moves you.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Don't ever call me the grandmother of performance art. Just call me a warrior.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47362504818924,"sku":"9780691263731","price":34.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/c43aaad36454404531dc885eed8028f0.jpg?v=1772937595","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/abramovic-isms-by-marina-abramovic-9780691263731","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}