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.

About the author

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

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Alexander Dumbadze, Alexander (George Washington University Dumbadze, Dumbadze Alexander
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2013
• EAN: 9780226038537
• ISBN: 978-0-226-03853-7
• No. of pages: 200
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Plastic arts; ART / History / General, ART / Individual Artists / Monographs, History of Art, Individual artists, art monographs, Art & Design Styles: Conceptual Art, Conceptualism