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Marina Abramovic

Marina Abramovic is recognized as one of the leading international practitioners of performance art. From 1976 to 1988, Abramovic and her partner Ulay undertook a rigorous artistic collaboration that included many video works. Seminal participants in the European body art and performance movements, they created a series of provocative, ritualistic performances entitled Relation Work. In these highly charged events, they engaged in a dialogue of the body and the self, testing the limits of mental and physical endurance, risk, and male and female identities.

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Performance Anthology (1975-1980)  1975-1980, 4:16 hr, b&w;, sound 
Program 1. Four Performances by Abramovic  1975-76, 60 min, b&w;, sound 
Program 2. Action in 14 predetermined sequences by Ulay  30 min, b&w;, sound 
Program 3. 14 Performances -- Relation Work  1976-80, 2:46 hr, b&w; and color, sound 
Collected Works  1975-86, 8:58 hr, b&w; and color, sound 
Performance Anthology (1975-1980)  1975-1980, 4:16 hr, b&w;, sound 
Modus Vivendi (1979-1986)  1979-1986, 2:07:03 hr, color, sound 
Continental Videoseries (1983-1986)  1983-1986, 2:35:31 hr, b&w; and color, sound 
SSS  1989, 6 min, color, sound 




Abramovic, Marina. Marina Abramovic: Artist Body. Performances 1969 -- 1998. Milan, Italy: Charta, 1998. With texts by Velimir Abramovic, Jan Avgikos, Chrissie Iles, Thomas McEvilley, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Bojana Pejic, Toni Stooss, Thomas Wulffen.

Abramovic, Marina and Ulay. Relation Work and Detour. Amsterdam: Idea Books, 1980.

Abramovic, Marina and Germano Celant. Marina Abramovic: Public Body. Milan, Italy: Charta, 2001.

Iles, Chrissie, ed. Marina Abramovic: Objects, Performance, Video, Sound. Oxford: Museum of Modern Art, 1995.