Alexander Dumbadze
Bas Jan Ader: Death is Elsewhere
- ISBN 13:
- 9780226269856
- author:
- Alexander Dumbadze
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2015
- Pages:
- 200
- Dimensions:
- 15.2 x 1.8 x 22.9 cm
- Genre:
- Music, Stage & Screen, Film, Criticism & Theory
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Bas Jan Ader: Death Is Elsewhere A study of the enigmatic conceptual artist Bas Jan Ader, whose untimely death in 1975 cemented his mythic status in the art world. Alexander Dumbadze recontextualises Ader's work within the Los Angeles art scene of the early 1970s, exploring themes of artistic subjectivity and the creative act. Ader's oeuvre is marked by a commitment to conceptualism, free from mediation or compromise. This book offers a nuanced argument about artistic subjectivity, drawing on archival research and theoretical reflection to shed new light on Ader's work. By examining the world in which Ader operated - a vibrant international art scene populated with peers such as Ger van Elk and William Leavitt - Dumbadze provides a detailed picture of the artist's unique contribution to contemporary art. This book is a thoughtful exploration of the necessity of the creative act, and its inescapable relation to death.
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