Bas Jan Ader : death is elsewhere / Alexander Dumbadze.

By:

Dumbadze, Alexander Blair, 1973-

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2013Description: 1 online resource (pages . cm)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780226038674
022603867X

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Bas Jan Ader.DDC classification:

709.2 B 23

LOC classification:

NX512.A34

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Contents:

Falling; 1; 2; 3; 4; Representing; 5; 6; 7; 8; Trading; 9; 10; 11; 12; Sailing; 13; 14; 15; 16; Dying; 17; 18; 19; 20; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index.

Summary: 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 acc.

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Includes index.

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 acc.

Falling; 1; 2; 3; 4; Representing; 5; 6; 7; 8; Trading; 9; 10; 11; 12; Sailing; 13; 14; 15; 16; Dying; 17; 18; 19; 20; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index.