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Born 1968 Redondo Beach, California. Known for: Music video, film, documentary.
An artist who integrates film, music video, documentary and commercials in video installations, Doug Aitken won the international prize at the 48th Venice Biennale for his work, "Electric Earth". A... Read full biography
An artist who integrates film, music video, documentary and commercials in video installations, Doug Aitken won the international prize at the 48th Venice Biennale for his work, "Electric Earth". A music video, it is the "story of one man left totally and irrevocably alone in an automated world of... Read full biography
An artist who integrates film, music video, documentary and commercials in video installations, Doug Aitken won the international prize at the 48th Venice Biennale for his work, "Electric Earth". A music video, it is the "story of one man left totally and irrevocably alone in an automated world of machines." The subject travels through barren industrial and urban sprawl landscapes that, deprived of human contact, cause him to break into twitching, jerky dance-like movements that mimic... Read full biography
An artist who integrates film, music video, documentary and commercials in video installations, Doug Aitken won the international prize at the 48th Venice Biennale for his work, "Electric Earth". A music video, it is the "story of one man left totally and irrevocably alone in an automated world of machines." The subject travels through barren industrial and urban sprawl landscapes that, deprived of human contact, cause him to break into twitching, jerky dance-like movements that mimic mechanical devices of the landscape he is experiencing. Aitken, born in Redondo Beach, California, studied from 1986 to 1987 at Marymount College in Palos Verdes and from 1987 to 1991 at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. Exhibition venues include... Read full biography
An artist who integrates film, music video, documentary and commercials in video installations, Doug Aitken won the international prize at the 48th Venice Biennale for his work, "Electric Earth". A music video, it is the "story of one man left totally and irrevocably alone in an automated world of machines." The subject travels through barren industrial and urban sprawl landscapes that, deprived of human contact, cause him to break into twitching, jerky dance-like movements that mimic mechanical devices of the landscape he is experiencing. Aitken, born in Redondo Beach, California, studied from 1986 to 1987 at Marymount College in Palos Verdes and from 1987 to 1991 at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. Exhibition venues include New York City, Philadelphia, Austria, Japan, Denmark, England, Czechoslovakia, Germany and Italy. Source:. Phillips de Pury & Com... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Conceptual
- •Installation Art
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
- •Assemblage
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Video Art, Documentary Photo, Cinema, Filmmaking
Art Subject
- •Social Commentary, Cultural Issues, Political, Racial Views
Art School
- •Art Center College, School of Design, Pasadena, Student
Chronology
- •Early 21st Century
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Venice Biennale
Exhibition of Museum
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art