Marina Abramović
On the Erotic

paperback
12 cm x 16 cm
128 pages

English

with texts by Agnes Gryczkowska, Svetlana Racanović, Silvia Federici, Audre Lorde, Mithu M. Sanyal, Elizabeth M. Stephens and Annie M. Sprinkle

edited by Jenny Schlenzka and Julia Grosse

design: Stoodio Santiago da Silva

released in connection with the exhibition Marina Abramović: Balkan Erotic Epic. The Exhibition at Gropius Bau, 15.04.-23.08.2026

This is the third title in the book series The Practice – What Moves Artists by Gropius Bau, that invites artists to showcase a practice that they pursue, that has influenced them or that has been with them for a long time.

ISBN 978-3-948546-54-0

Eine deutsche Ausgabe ist hier erhältlich.

For Marina Abramović, eroticism is by no means limited to the romantic relationship between two people, but acts as a collective force that permeates many areas of life. For the performance artist, erotic energy must find a public form through artistic and political practices so as not to lead to violence and war. In this book, Abramović discusses female sexuality after menopause, the eroticism of the masses, and her love for the planet.