Publisher's Synopsis
La artista de performance Marina Abramovic; ha pasado toda su vida derribando barreras; dolor, resistencia, miedo, en una exhaustiva búsqueda de transformación emocional y espiritual tanto en la vida como en el arte. En estas extraordinarias memorias relata su conmovedora y épica historia, desde su difìcil y abusiva infancia en la Yugoslavia de la posguerra, pasando por la convulsa relación artìstica y amorosa con el fotógrafo y artista Ulay, hasta sus atrevidas y controvertidas performances que dejaron atónitos a espectadores y crìticos de todo el mundo. Un libro en el que explora además cómo su total compromiso con el presente ha sido la clave de su arte y éxito. Una vìvida y poderosa performance en sì misma, nos revela cómo se convirtió en una de las artistas vivas más importantes
Performance artist Marina Abramovic has spent her whole life breaking down the barriers of pain, resistance, and fear in an exhaustive search for emotional and spiritual transformation both in life and in art. In these extraordinary memoirs, she recounts her moving and epic story, from her difficult and abusive childhood in post-war Yugoslavia, through the convulsed artistic and loving relationship with the photographer and artist Ulay, to her daring and controversial performances that left viewers and critics from around the world stunned. In this book she also explores how her total commitment to the present has been the key to her art and success. A vivid and powerful performance in itself, it reveals how she became one of the most important living artists.
Performance artist Marina Abramovic has spent her whole life breaking down the barriers of pain, resistance, and fear in an exhaustive search for emotional and spiritual transformation both in life and in art. In these extraordinary memoirs, she recounts her moving and epic story, from her difficult and abusive childhood in post-war Yugoslavia, through the convulsed artistic and loving relationship with the photographer and artist Ulay, to her daring and controversial performances that left viewers and critics from around the world stunned. In this book she also explores how her total commitment to the present has been the key to her art and success. A vivid and powerful performance in itself, it reveals how she became one of the most important living artists.
