Doug Aitken
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| Doug Aitken | |
 Aitken's Migration displayed at the Carnegie International 2008[1]. |
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| Born | 1968 Redondo Beach, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Field | Multimedia art |
Doug Aitken is an American multimedia artist.
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[edit] Life and work
Doug Aitken was born in Redondo Beach, California in 1968 and currently lives and works in Los Angeles and New York.[2]
Aitken’s body of work ranges from photography, sculpture, and architectural interventions to films, sound, single and multichannel video works, and installations.[3] He has described his work as "reflecting a world that is harmonious, mysterious, mesmerizing, passionate, and sometimes rough and violent."[4] His work has been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions around the world, in such institutions as the Whitney Museum of American Art, The Museum of Modern Art, and the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris.
Since the mid-1990s, Aitken has created installations by employing multiple screens. His electric earth installation drew international attention and earned him the International Prize at the Venice Biennale in 1999.[3] The following year, glass horizon, an installation comprising a projection of a pair of eyes onto the facade of the Vienna Secession building after it had closed for the night, showcased an interest in architectural structures and in art that interacts with urban environments.[5] In 2001, Aitken’s exhibition at London’s Serpentine Gallery used the entire building for the complex installation new ocean. [6]
In 2005 Aitken received a solo exhibition at the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.
In 2006, Aitken produced Broken Screen: 26 Conversations with Doug Aitken (DAP, 2006), a book of interviews with twenty-six artists who aim to explore and challenge the conventions of linear narrative. Interviews included Robert Altman, Claire Denis, Werner Herzog, Rem Koolhaas, and Ed Ruscha. [7]
In the winter of 2007, Aitken's Sleepwalkers was presented at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The project includes the actors Donald Sutherland and Tilda Swinton, musicians Seu Jorge and Cat Power, and actor/street drummer Ryan Donowho.[8] Five interlocking vignettes shown through eight projections were displayed upon the exterior walls of the museum so as to be visible from the street. Concurrent with the exhibition, Aitken also presented a one night "happening" inside the museum that featured live drummers and auctioneers chants and a performance by Cat Power. [9]
In 2008, Aitken produced another large scale outdoor film installation, titled "Migration" for the 55th Carnegie International show titled "Life on Mars" in Pittsburgh, PA. The work features wild animals of North America curiously inhabiting a human realm - neat, empty hotel rooms. [10] He also produced a collection of photographs, "99 Cent Dreams", which captures "moments between interaction" in a kind of nomadic travelogue. [11]
Doug Aitken has participated in over 150 art exhibitions throughout the world.[citation needed]
[edit] Prizes
- 2000 Aldrich Award, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT[12]
- 1999 International Prize – Golden Lion, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy[12]
[edit] References
- ^ Migration Signals
- ^ Media Art Net | Aitken, Doug: Biography
- ^ a b UC Berkeley Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium - Bio: Doug Aitken
- ^ Sleepwalkers exhibition catalogue, published by the the Museum of Modern Art, 2007, ISBN 978-0-87070-045-3
- ^ In a First, ‘Sleepwalkers' Lights Up MoMA's Facade - January 17, 2007 - The New York Sun
- ^ Adventures in white space| Showbiz | This is London
- ^ Bryant Rousseau (May 6, 2006), Doug Aitkens Happening: Can You Hear Me Now?, ARTINFO, http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/15467/doug-aitkens-happening-can-you-hear-me-now/, retrieved on 2008-05-20
- ^ Doug Aitken, Museum of Modern Art - Video Art - Review - New York Times
- ^ Doug Aitken Happening, The Museum of Modern Art, New York - artreview.com
- ^ ‘Life on Mars,’ the Carnegie Museum of Art’s Biennial, Opens in Pittsburgh - New York Times
- ^ 99 Cent Dreams, published by the Aspen Art Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0-934324-37-3
- ^ a b Narrative remixed
