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Get inside the mind of... Performance artist Marina Abramovic on stage at the Rubin Museum of Art as part of "The Red Book Dialogues" series WHEN Thursday, December 3, 2009, 7:00 pm Price: $25.00 Member Price: $22.50 WHERE Rubin Museum of Art 150 W. 17th Street (between 6th and 7th Avenues) WHAT New York-based Serbian performance artist, Marina Abramovic, paired with Jungian psychoanalyst Lee Robbins, will be invited to free-associate on stage about her dreams and memories using a folio from Jung's Red Book as a starting point. The pair will then explore in conversation the themes that develop. "The Red Book Dialogues" series is inspired by the exhibition The Red Book of C. G. Jung, on view for the first time from October 7, 2009, to January 25, 2010. The preeminent psychologist C. G. Jung (1875-1961) considered his Liber Novus, the famous Red Book, to be the “prima materia for a lifetime’s work.” Many contemporary scholars regard it as the most influential unpublished work in the history of psychology. The Red Book contains over seventy hand-painted depictions of Jung’s own fantasies and dreams. The Red Book Dialogues will continue for the duration of the exhibition, for the full schedule go to: www.rmanyc.org/redbook Marina Abramovic has been active for over three decades, she has recently begun to describe herself as the "grandmother of performance art". With an often pronounced mystical sensibility, Abramovic's work questions the performer/audience relationship and explores the limits of the body. Through gesture and ritual she examines the nature of consciousness. Lee Robbins, PHD-LCSWR is a Jungian analyst in private practice in New York City. She is on the faculty of the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University where she teaches interdisciplinary seminars in the history, mythology and philosophy of depth psychology, Freudian and Jungian Post modern thought, Alchemy and Buddhism. She is a member of the Jungian Psychoanalytic Association and serves on the board of the International Association of Jungian Studies. She has been a student of Theravada Buddhism for sixteen years. GENERAL INFO $25 general tix; $7 for students, and include admission to The Red Book of C.G. Jung (customarily $10) and all other museum exhibitions before the program. For more information, the public may call (212) 620.5000 or visit rmanyc.org. The Rubin Museum of Art (RMA) houses an esteemed and wide-ranging collection of Himalayan art. The paintings, pictorial textiles, and sculptures are drawn from cultures that touch upon the 1,800 mile arc of mountains that extends from Afghanistan in the northwest to Myanmar (Burma) in the southeast and includes Tibet, Nepal, Mongolia, and Bhutan. The larger Himalayan cultural sphere, determined by significant cultural exchange over millennia, includes Iran, India, China, Central Asia, and Southeast Asia. With changing exhibitions and exciting events, RMA welcomes people of all ages and backgrounds to discover art from the far-away Himalayas conveniently in Chelsea. The museum is open Monday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Thursday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; closed on Tuesday. To reach the museum by subway, visitors may take the A, C, or E to 14th Street; the 1 to 14th Street; or the L to 6th Avenue. By bus, visitors may take the M20 to the corner of 7th Avenue and 17th Street. The public may call (212) 620.5000 or visit rmanyc.org for more information. media contact: amanda de beaufort anne edgar associates 121 w 27th street, suite 1202 new york, ny 10001 p. 646-336-7230
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