Marina Abramovic + the Future of Performance Art - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3791350285 ISBN 13: 9783791350288

Publisher: Prestel Pub, 2010

Synopsis

This book on the latest in contemporary
performance art features the work of
world-renowned artist Marina Abramovi´c
and showcases eighteen emerging artists. Abramovi ´c s remarkable career as one of her generation s most
challenging performance artists has paved the way for younger
artists who are interested in this complex and often radical art
form. Lately Abramovi´c has turned her attention to exploring ways
to encapsulate the art form after the performance is physically
completed. This project explores the diversity of contemporary
performance art through the works of exciting new artists from
around the world. Their use of storytelling, virtual worlds, audience
participation, sound, and the body are documented in this
illustrated volume. An interview by Hans Ulrich Obrist with
Abramovi´c outlines the challenges and goals of her new project
while essays by leading curators in the field of performance art
explore methods for preserving this unique art form, and brief
profiles of each of the artists introduce readers to a new
generation of challenging and innovative performance artists.

About this title

Review

Paula Orrell is Curator of the Plymouth Arts Centre, UK. Hans Ulrich Obrist is Co-director of Exhibitions and Programmes and Director of International Projects at the Serpentine Gallery, London. Alex Poots is Director of the Manchester International Festival. Maria Balshaw is Director of the Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester. Dr. Robert Mock is Reader in Performance at the University of Plymouth, UK. Dr. Joanne 'Bob' Whalley is Senior Lecturer in Devised Theatre, University College Falmouth incorporating Dartington College of Arts, UK. Dr .Lee Miller is Lecturer in Theatre & Performance, University of Plymouth, UK

Edition details

• Publisher: Prestel Pub
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 3791350285
• ISBN 13: 9783791350288
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 166
• Editor: Orrell Paula