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Doug Aitken

Doug Aitken
Library Shelf Location 18.AITK
Publication Date 2001
Description This monograph explores the artist and his work, and features a discussion of Aitken's working methods by Amanda Sharp; an examination of Aitken's art within the context of contemporary philosophy and the work of other artists who have explored expanded notions of time and space; a study by Jorg Heiser of Aitken's "i am in you", a five-screen work centring on the imaginative experiences of a young girl; "Artist's Choice", for which the artist has selected a short story, "Funes the Memorious", by Jorge Luis Borges, whose description of altered realities through the distortions of mirrors and memory echoes the artist's own interests; and "Artist's Writings" - Doug Aitken's writings include his retelling of an unusual story he once heard from strangers he met in the desert and which served as the basis for a subsequent work.
ISBN 0714839892
Quantity 1
Pages 160
Authors Amanda Sharp, Daniel Birnbaum, Jorg Heiser
Format Paperback
Publisher Phaidon Press Ltd, London
Related Artist Doug Aitken
Category Film and Artists' Moving Image
Keywords Environment, Religions and religious concepts
Related Country/Global Region United States of America (USA)
Artist's Nationality American (USA)
Language English

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