在 2010年纽约现代美术馆（MONA）举办的阿布拉莫维奇回顾展上，玛丽娜公开了这份由创作及生活的经验积累而来的《艺术家宣言》 （An artist’s life Manifesto ）。原载于《画廊》杂志2012年10月刊，
《An artist’s life Manifesto》
Marina abramović
《艺术家宣言》
玛丽娜·阿布拉莫维奇
An artist’s conduct in his life:
艺术家对自己一生的约束：
– An artist should not lie to himself or others
艺术家不应该对自己和对别人撒谎
– An artist should not steal ideas from other artists
艺术家不应该从别的艺术家那里盗取想法
– An artist should not compromise for himself or in regards to the art market
艺术家在自己面前、在艺术市场面前都不应该妥协
– An artist should not kill other human beings
艺术家不应该杀另一个人
– An artist should not make himself into an idol
艺术家不应该把自己变成偶像
– An artist should not make himself into an idol
艺术家不应该把自己变成偶像
– An artist should not make himself into an idol
艺术家不应该把自己变成偶像
An artist’s relation to his love life:
艺术家和他/她爱情生活：
– An artist should avoid falling in love with another artist
艺术家要避免爱上另一个艺术家
– An artist should avoid falling in love with another artist
艺术家要避免爱上另一个艺术家
– An artist should avoid falling in love with another artist
艺术家要避免爱上另一个艺术家（这个是我个人经验）
An artist’s relation to the erotic:
艺术家与情色的关系：
– An artist should develop an erotic point of view on the world
艺术家要发展从情色的视角来看待世界
– An artist should be erotic
艺术家应该是情色的
– An artist should be erotic
艺术家应该是情色的
– An artist should be erotic
艺术家应该是情色的
An artist’s relation to suffering:
艺术家和吃苦的关系：
– An artist should suffer
艺术家需要受苦
– From the suffering comes the best work
最好的作品从受苦中来
– Suffering brings transformation
受苦带来转变
– Through the suffering an artist transcends his spirit
通过受苦艺术家超越他/她的精神
– Through the suffering an artist transcends his spirit
通过受苦艺术家超越他/她的精神
– Through the suffering an artist transcends his spirit
通过受苦艺术家超越他/她的精神
An artist’s relation to depression:
艺术家和忧郁症的关系:
– An artist should not be depressed
艺术家不应该有忧郁症
– Depression is a disease and should be cured
忧郁症是病，应该治好
– Depression is not productive for an artist
忧郁症不会给艺术家带来任何成效
– Depression is not productive for an artist
忧郁症不会给艺术家带来任何成效
– Depression is not productive for an artist
忧郁症不会给艺术家带来任何成效
An artist’s relation to suicide:
艺术家和自杀的关系：
– Suicide is a crime against life
自杀是一种反对生命的犯罪行为
– An artist should not commit suicide
艺术家不应该自杀
– An artist should not commit suicide
艺术家不应该自杀
– An artist should not commit suicide
艺术家不应该自杀
An artist’s relation to inspiration:
艺术家与灵感的关系：
– An artist should look deep inside himself for inspiration
艺术家为了需找灵感需要深刻的自我挖掘
– The deeper he looks inside himself, the more universal he becomes
看待自己越深就越接近宇宙
– The artist is universe
艺术家就是宇宙
– The artist is universe
艺术家就是宇宙
– The artist is universe
艺术家就是宇宙
An artist’s relation to self-control:
艺术家与自我控制的关系：
– The artist should not have self-control about his life
艺术家不应该有自我生活控制的能力
– The artist should have total self-control about his work
艺术家不应该有自我生活控制的能力
– The artist should not have self-control about his life
艺术家不应该有自我生活控制的能力
– The artist should have total self-control about his work
艺术家不应该有自我生活控制的能力
An artist’s relation with transparency:
艺术家和透明度的关系：
– The artist should give and receive at the same time
艺术家应该同时给予与接收
– Transparency means receptive
透明度的意思是善于接受的
– Transparency means to give
透明度的意味着给予
– Transparency means to receive
透明度的意味着接收
– Transparency means receptive
透明度的意思是善于接受的
– Transparency means to give
透明度的意味着给予
– Transparency means to receive
透明度的意味着接收
– Transparency means receptive
透明度的意思是善于接受的
– Transparency means to give
透明度的意味着给予
– Transparency means to receive
透明度的意味着接收
An artist’s relation to symbols:
艺术家和象征的关系：
– An artist creates his own symbols
艺术家创造他/她自己的象征
– Symbols are an artist’s language
象征就是艺术家的语言
– The language must then be translated
语言必须翻译
– Sometimes it is difficult to find the key
有时难找到钥匙（关键）
– Sometimes it is difficult to find the key
有时难找到钥匙（关键）
– Sometimes it is difficult to find the key
有时难找到钥匙（关键）
An artist’s relation to silence:
艺术家和沉默的关系:
– An artist has to understand silence
艺术家必须明白沉默
– An artist has to create a space for silence to enter his work
艺术家必须创建空间让沉默进入他/她的作品里
– Silence is like an island in the middle of a turbulent ocean
沉默就像混乱的大海中间的岛屿
– Silence is like an island in the middle of a turbulent ocean
沉默就像混乱的大海中间的岛屿
– Silence is like an island in the middle of a turbulent ocean
沉默就像混乱的大海中间的岛屿
An artist’s relation to solitude:
艺术家与孤独的关系：
– An artist must make time for the long periods of solitude
艺术家需要很长时间的孤单
– Solitude is extremely important
孤独是极端重要的
– Away from home
远离家
– Away from the studio
远离工作室
– Away from family
远离家庭
– Away from friends
远离朋友
– An artist should stay for long periods of time at waterfalls
艺术家要在瀑布里呆很长的时间
– An artist should stay for long periods of time at exploding volcanoes
艺术家要在爆发的火山上呆很长的时间
– An artist should stay for long periods of time looking at fast-running rivers
艺术家要在很快流淌的河边呆很长的时间
– An artist should stay for long periods of time looking at the horizon where the ocean and sky meet
艺术家要长时间的观看天空和大海交接的地平线
– An artist should stay for long periods of time looking at the stars in the night sky
艺术家要长时间的观看夜空中的星星
An artist’s conduct in relation to work:
艺术家和工作的关系：
– An artist should avoid going to the studio every day
艺术家要避免每天去工作室
– An artist should not treat his work schedule as a bank employee does
艺术家不应该把自己的时间安排得像银行上班的职员
– An artist should explore life and work only when an idea comes to him in a dream or during the day as a vision that arises as a surprise
艺术家要探索生活，只有在像惊喜一样上升的图像出现在梦中或白天的时候工作
– An artist should not repeat himself
艺术家不应该重复自己
– An artist should not overproduce
艺术家不应该过多生产
– An artist should avoid his own art pollution
艺术家要避免自己的艺术污染
– An artist should avoid his own art pollution
艺术家要避免自己的艺术污染
– An artist should avoid his own art pollution
艺术家要避免自己的艺术污染
An artist’s possessions:
艺术家的所有物：
– Buddhist monks advise that it is best to have nine possessions in their life:
佛教和尚建议最好生活中有九件物：
1 robe for the summer
一件夏天穿的衣服
1 robe for the winter
一件冬天穿的衣服
1 pair of shoes
一双鞋子
1 begging bowl for food
一个吃饭的碗（或讨饭的）
1 mosquito net
一顶蚊帐
1 prayer book
一本祈祷书
1 umbrella
一把雨伞
1 mat to sleep on
一个睡觉的垫子
1 pair of glasses if needed
一副眼镜（如果需要）
– An artist should decide for himself the minimum personal possessions they should have
艺术家自己要决定需要拥有多少东西
– An artist should have more and more of less and less
艺术家应该从尽可能少的东西里得到尽可能多的东西
– An artist should have more and more of less and less
艺术家应该从尽可能少的东西里得到尽可能多的东西
– An artist should have more and more of less and less
艺术家应该从尽可能少的东西里得到尽可能多的东西
A list of an artist’s friends:
艺术家的朋友：
– An artist should have friends that lift his spirits
艺术家要有能够提起他/她的精神的朋友
– An artist should have friends that lift his spirits
艺术家要有能够提起他/她的精神的朋友
– An artist should have friends that lift his spirits
艺术家要有能够提起他/她的精神的朋友
A list of an artist’s enemies:
艺术家的敌人
– Enemies are very important
敌人是非常重要的
– The Dalai Lama has said that it is easy to have compassion with friends but much more difficult to have compassion with enemies
达赖喇嘛说同情朋友很容易，但是去同情敌人就难得多
– An artist has to learn to forgive
艺术家必须学会原谅
– An artist has to learn to forgive
艺术家必须学会原谅
– An artist has to learn to forgive
艺术家必须学会原谅
Different death scenarios:
不同死亡的情节
– An artist has to be aware of his own mortality
艺术家自己要有意识他/她是会死的
– For an artist, it is not only important how he lives his life but also how he dies
对艺术家不仅仅重要是她/他是怎么活着的，同样重要的是他/她是怎么死的
– An artist should look at the symbols of his work for the signs of different death scenarios
艺术家要在自己的作品中寻找象征能够给他/她提示不同死亡的情节
– An artist should die consciously without fear
艺术家要有意识地不怕死去
– An artist should die consciously without fear
艺术家要有意识地不怕死去
– An artist should die consciously without fear
艺术家要有意识地不怕死去
Different funeral scenarios:
不同葬礼的情节
– An artist should give instructions before the funeral so that everything is done the way he wants it
艺术家死亡之前要给很详细的指示和葬礼的要求
– The funeral is the artist’s last art piece before leaving
葬礼是艺术家走之前的最后一件艺术作品
– The funeral is the artist’s last art piece before leaving
葬礼是艺术家走之前的最后一件艺术作品
– The funeral is the artist’s last art piece before leaving
葬礼是艺术家走之前的最后一件艺术作品
