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Bas Jan Ader
Alexander Dumbadze
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Description for Bas Jan Ader
Hardcover. On July 9, 1975, Dutch-born artist Bas Jan Ader set sail from Chatham, Massachusetts, on a thirteen-foot sailboat. The damaged boat was found south of the western tip of Ireland nearly a year later. Ader was never seen again. The author resituates Ader's art and life within the conceptual art world of Los Angeles in the early 1970s. Num Pages: 208 pages, 44 halftones. BIC Classification: ACXJ5; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 518.
On July 9, 1975, Dutch-born artist Bas Jan Ader set sail from Chatham, Massachusetts, on a thirteen-foot sailboat. He was bound for Falmouth, England, on the second leg of a three-part piece titled "In Search of the Miraculous". The damaged boat was found south of the western tip of Ireland nearly a year later. Ader was never seen again. Since his untimely death, Ader has achieved mythic status in the art world as a figure literally willing to die for his art. Considering the artist's legacy and concise oeuvre beyond the romantic and tragic associations that accompany his peculiar end, ... Read more
On July 9, 1975, Dutch-born artist Bas Jan Ader set sail from Chatham, Massachusetts, on a thirteen-foot sailboat. He was bound for Falmouth, England, on the second leg of a three-part piece titled "In Search of the Miraculous". The damaged boat was found south of the western tip of Ireland nearly a year later. Ader was never seen again. Since his untimely death, Ader has achieved mythic status in the art world as a figure literally willing to die for his art. Considering the artist's legacy and concise oeuvre beyond the romantic and tragic associations that accompany his peculiar end, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226038537
SKU
V9780226038537
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About Alexander Dumbadze
Alexander Dumbadze is associate professor of art history at George Washington University.
Reviews for Bas Jan Ader
"Alexander Dumbadze is a wonderfully engaging writer. He concentrates tremendous psychological energy in the telling of a taut and revealing story. This is one of the most compelling pieces of art writing that I have yet encountered." (Matthew Jesse Jackson, University of Chicago)"