Talking With Marina Abramovic
July / August, 2012
Engages the renowned performances artist.For nearly four decades, Marina Abramovic has been the godmother of performance art, using knives, pills and even a gun to startle audiences. She recently announced plans to form the Marina Abramovic Institute for the Preservation of Performance Art in New York.FRANCO: You were born in Belgrade, and your parents were both in the Yugoslav military during World War II. From where did your urge to become an artist come?ABRAMOVIC: My mother studied art hist...
