Marina Abramovic remembers fellow performance artist Tomislav Gotovac

Through email correspondence with Franklin Furnace, Marina Abramovic shared her thoughts on Gotovac and his significance as an artist and filmmaker:

"Hearing of Tomislav's passing made me very sad.

It's a great loss for the international art community, and I feel it much more as I always saw him as guide, a huge inspiration that pushed me to experiment in my own research and art work.

He was a great artist, an innovative filmmaker and a charismatic performer, way ahead of his time.

I learned so much from his courage and physicality, from his restless need to search for a new language and expression.

My own work would not be the same without the path started by Tomislav.

Losing him we truly lost a master of our time.

My condolences and thoughts go to his family and friends in this difficult moment."

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