Catalog of an exhibition held at Kunsthalle Tubingen, July 24, 2021-February 13, 2022. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Introduction / Nicole Fritz -- Foreword / Marina Abramovic -- Longing for a unified consciousness: That Self, Marina Abramovic & Ulay's hypnosis film / Antje von Graevenitz -- "Pure energy is the only solution": from the early body art to the rites of spirituality / Hartmut Bohme -- Christian influences in the work of Marina Abramovic / Reich Ackermann -- Bloody passion / Volker Leppin -- Marina Abramovic: that self - our self / Jeanette Fischer -- The third existence: magic and mysticism in the performance "The Artist is Present" / Bernhard Poerksen.
Summary:
Marina Abramovic fascinates her international audience with performances, films and, most recently, her opera project 7 Deaths of Maria Callas. Following in the tradition of European mysticism, over the past five decades this pioneer of performance art has developed an undogmatic individual approach to the transcendent that expands the religious traditions by adding elements of shamanism, alchemy and Buddhism. The exhibition in the Kunsthalle Tubingen curated by Nicole Fritz in close collaboration with Marina Abramovic and her studio is the first to be devoted to the spiritual aspects of the artist's work by means of a selection of her major works.The accompanying catalogue brings together interdisciplinary essays, authored by a range of subject experts, which provide new insights into the artist's work.
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