Monday, September 25, 2006
Bas Jan Ader - an intriguing conceptual artist whose last act was performed at sea.
From the Mediated website:
"Yesterday in Rotterdam I visited the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, which is quite an interesting spot. Of note was a retrospective of conceptual artist Bas Jan Ader, who disappeared in 1975 while doing a solo sailboat journey across the Atlantic, as part of his “In Search of the Mysterious” project. At the show there were a number of short films, some photographs (often of similar scenes from the films) as well as other odds and ends. The photo above is titled “I’m too sad to tell you” and was created as a postcard in 1970."
"Apparently there’s quite a cult interest in Ader, and I found the work strangely affecting. Here’s an Artforum article on Ader from 1999."
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