She noted the advice given by the Dalai Lama at a lecture she attended, and made good use of it: “You can tell the most terrible truths if you first open the human heart with humour. 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. Her handsome, philandering father was appointed to Tito’s elite guard; her mother, who was a major in the army, became director of the Museum of Art and Revolution. These big subjects are all aired in this engaging memoir, in which the reader is invited to walk through perceptual and conceptual walls with her.

Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item. A very impressive biography, loads of experience and events all of which turn out to be symbolic and meaningful projects.Personally I love contemporary art, I love performance art, and I love Marina Abramović, so this was always going to work for me.

Members get the first chance to book our entire programme of events, including go-down-in-history gigs, concerts with world-class orchestras, and talks from cultural icons and political giants.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. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.