Marina & the curse of the Royal Yugoslavian Academy of Art (Artist's Edition)

Marina & the curse of the Royal Yugoslavian Academy of Art (Artist's Edition)This book tells the well loved ancient folklore story of Marina, a simple traditional forest dwelling Yugoslavian mother of many children, who led a double life as a misunderstood radical performance artist. Commissioned for a specially curated shop by artist, Marina Abramovi as part of her solo exhibition at the Royal Academy from Sept 2023 Jan 2024, the first ever solo show by a female artist in the main galleries of this historic institution since

In order to do so

Back in 2015 Elia created her first Dung Beetle Books title 'We go to the gallery'

This print is the fifth of five in the Dung Beetle educational wall chart series inspired by 1960s classroom displays

marking the launch of 2a Dung Beetle Learning Series for our post-COVID world

formerly the UUP)

and are marked as 'artists edition

Published by Dung Beetle Books Ltd

This quaintly illustrated comic novella should make compelling reading for any university student

Exquisitely created by artist Miriam Elia

and printed in a limited edition woven hardback which echoes the stylings of Mao’s Little Red Book and wartime socialist literature

signed by the artist

who led a double life as a misunderstood radical performance artist