Bas Jan Ader - Death Is Elsewhere

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.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Alexander Dumbadze is associate professor of art history at George Washington University.

Zusammenfassung

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.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Alexander Dumbadze, Alexander (George Washington University Dumbadze, Dumbadze Alexander
• Verlag: University Of Chicago Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 30.04.2013
• EAN: 9780226038537
• ISBN: 978-0-226-03853-7
• Seiten: 200
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Kunst > Bildende Kunst; ART / History / General, ART / Individual Artists / Monographs, History of Art, Individual artists, art monographs, Biography: arts and entertainment, Art & Design Styles: Conceptual Art, Conceptualism