Douglas gordon artist book

He studied art at the glasgow school of art from 19841988 and later at the slade school of fine art, university college london, from 19881990. As a scottish artist, he often uses his own image to explore the dual identity of scottish culture, as exemplified in robert louis stevensons novel the strange case of dr jekyll and mr hyde. The book relays how mekas fled his home in lithuania to escape the nazis, ending up in a camp for displaced persons before managing to emigrate to america, where he commenced his career in. In addition, it is specially tailored to bring out the particularly scottish nature of gordons ideas and practice. Douglas gordon self portrait of you and me blue skies, 2011 he went crazy because his brain got fried by acid. Douglas gordon has 27 books on goodreads with 62 ratings. The main historical characters are my dad charles gordon and one of his namesakes who fought in the navy in the early 1800s. Douglas gordon by gordon, douglas and russell ferguson, michael darling, francis mckee, nancy spector, david sylvester and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Douglas gordon, signature, for parkett 49 parkett art.

Douglas gordons most popular book is douglas gordon. The artists bite, 2 18 x 2 5,5 x 5 cm, on fabriano paper 160gm2, 10 x 8 14 25,6 x 21,1 cm, bound in the magazine, ed. The different elements of the installation sound, objects, lighting, visuals slowly unfold for the patient viewer. A different take on a familiar classic, it introduces many of the important themes in gordon s work. Having begun his career as a performance artist, gordon has produced a diverse body of works, which has grown to include video, sound photographic objects, and texts, often plays with viewers perceptions, memories and expectations. A retrospective, art historian michael fried gave a lecture at the museum entitled achievement of. He won the turner prize in 1996, and the following year he represented britain at the venice biennale. On another, it underlines the artist s fascination with language and its potential for ambiguity, obscurity and multiple meanings. Adaminaby 1998 by douglas holleley the anatomy of proteus 1982 by bonnie gordon the anatomy of the image maps 1982 by bonnie gordon at the beach 1988 by babette katz bride book red to green 1975 by joan lyons carbon copy 1973 by a.

His work hangs in the united states and european collections. In each of these works the original film has been manipulatedslowed down, mirrored by. Douglas gordon self portrait for me and you blue skies impressions gallery, featuring the fragile face of syd barrett, the late icon and original frontman of pink floyd. Douglas gordon artist, fine art prices, auction records for. How to read the bible for all its worth by fee, gordon d stuart, douglas and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. He works closely with organisations towards developing embedded research positions, events series, and educational models that investigate the nature of group performativity. A survey of the work of the scottish artist douglas gordon. Learn more about renting, buying, selling, investing and how we can make everything property easier. Douglas gordon uses doubles and opposites in his work to question ideas about good and evil, positive and negative, male and female. Oct 31, 2003 although he made his name in 1993 with 24 hour psycho, hitchcocks film screened at a leisurely two frames a second, gordon has never thought of himself as a video artist. Douglas gordon born 20 september 1966 is a scottish artist. He won the turner prize in 1996, the premio 2000 at the 47th venice biennale in 1997 and the hugo boss prize in 1998. With 24 hour psycho 1993, for instance, he paid homage to hitchcock, radically slowing down the directors 1960 film.

Douglas gordon modern artist series books tate shop tate. A 21 st century portrait is a film about a man just doing his job. National galleries of scotland, edinburgh 2 november 200614 january 2007 the film and video artist douglas gordon had his first oneman exhibition in britain at the lisson gallery in 1994, sponsored by its perceptive director nicholas logsdail, to which he returned again in 2001. Guggenheim museum s 1977 exhibition kenneth noland. On one level, the effect seems to articulate gordon s idea of art operating as a dialogue between artist and viewer, hence many of the texts address us directly, employing i, you and we.

Douglas gordon s practice encompasses video and film, installation, sculpture, photography, and text. Through his work, gordon investigates human conditions like memory and the passage of time, as well as universal dualities such as life and death, good and evil, right and wrong. Hailed as one of the most prominent artist of his generation to emerge from britain, gordons work spans across many different forms of media. Gordon douglas is a performance artist based in glasgow, scotland. Scottish video and performance artist, born 20 september 1966 in glasgow, scotland. Nov 26, 2011 douglas gordon s first exhibition in turkey, phantom, hits its first notes on a selfconscious stage, the namesake work.

Produced in close collaboration with the artist, this catalogue looks at his latest works in the context of his earlier oeuvre. Best known for his work in video, douglas gordon creates works in various mediums that take the nature of time as their subject. Arrangements by fraser funeral home, 8168 normandy blvd. Book illustrating the work of douglas gordon, who has received recognition over the past decade as one of the most exciting and challenging british artist. With seventy five colour illustrations this informative book shows all the important aspects of scottish artist douglas gordons work, both past and present. This book examines the innovative work of thirtyfouryearold scottish artist douglas gordon. The battle between good and evil in the work of douglas gordon. Throughout his career, douglas gordon has engaged in an ongoing.

Featuring an extensive interview with douglas gordon on the process of making his 2016 film i had nowhere to go. Famed for his 24hour psycho, scottishborn, new york based artist douglas gordon born 1966 is one of the most influential video and film artists of his generation. Sep 14, 2001 douglas gordon the mit press russell ferguson on. World food books is a book shop in melbourne, australia.

Famed for his 24hour psycho, scottishborn, new yorkbased artist douglas gordon born 1966 is one of the most influential video and film artists of his generation. Katrina brown discusses the importance of douglas gordons 24 hour psycho 1993 and some of the films that followed, touching on threads that run throughout the artists career. Douglas gordon created a two panel composition as an homage to courbets painting lorigine du monde. As a new exhibition tracing 500 years of physical attacks on british art opens at the tate, artists including douglas gordon, michael landy, jake and dinos chapman and mark wallinger explain how. Portrait of a displaced person, this video, produced by berlin art link, includes clips of jonas mekas and revealing anecdotes about the creation of the film. Published by the museum of modern art, new york, 2006. Gordon is known for works that reconfigure hollywood movies in ways that alter our sense of. In his film for documenta 14, scottish video artist douglas gordon born 1966 presents a portrait of jonas mekas acclaimed autobiography i had nowhere to go, mixing stills with footage of mekas reading. Mar 24, 2017 the scottish artist douglas gordon is drawn to iconic figures. From hollywood films to scientific footage to classical literature, douglas gordon takes the seemingly familiar and twists it.

Gordon is perhaps best known for installations that feature classic. Douglas gordon winner 1996 art and design the guardian. Coleman commodity character 1982 by paul rutkovsky contemplation 2008 by elisabeth tonnard. Douglas gordon artist bio and art for sale artspace. Green douglas doug gordon green, 51, passed away march 9, 2020. Often blurring the divisions between video art and other mediums, gordons work explores the recurring themes of darkness, power, and memory.

Buy douglas gordon modern artists series 01 by katrina m. Founded in 2010, world food books is a book service dedicated to the presentation of a rotating, handselection of quality. Douglas gordon untitled 2017 available for sale artsy. Douglas gordon with his latest work at tate britain. Learn about the work and career of artist douglas gordon. In addition to the second book in the series of early christian history, i am working on another historical novel called bydand. Douglas gordon presents his work as though he was already dead. The work consists entirely of an appropriation of alfred hitchcocks 1960 psycho slowed down to approximately two frames a second, rather than the usual 24. Douglas gordon auction results artist auction records. I love the flaxman sculpture of burns, but i had to break it douglas gordons destruction of robert burns at the scottish. If you are interested in this artists work this is an excellent book to have. Around zidane douglas gordon artist in conversation with riccardo giacconi march 2010 published on the spoilsport book. Douglas green obituary jacksonville, fl florida times. This is the cosmos that enthralls british artist douglas gordon.