Writings, 1960-2014

ABOUT
This collection of writings brings together handwritten and typed notes, diary entries, poems, dream accounts, travel descriptions, letters, performance instructions, narratives, concepts, ideas, and collections of documents from Marina Abramovic's inexhaustible archive, providing unexpected and profound insights into the work of an artist known primarily for her radical performances, who, over the course of a career spanning over 50 years, has reached a broad audience with her immaterial art. 

"Marina Abramovic: Writings 1960-2014" synthesizes the artist's inexhaustible archive of handwritten and typed notes, diary entries, poems, accounts of dreams, travel descriptions, letters, performance instructions, narrations, concepts, ideas, collections of documents... all of this has been collated, catalogued, and contextualized in this publication. Known primarily for her radical performances and for reaching a broad public with her immaterial art during her more than 50-year career, this collection of her writings allows for an unexpected and deep insight into the artist's oeuvre.