| Douglas Gordon: I Had Nowhere to Go Contributor(s): Gordon, Douglas, Mekas, Jonas (Text by (Art, Photo Books)) |
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ISBN: 3735603661 ISBN-13: 9783735603661 Publisher: Kerber Verlag OUR PRICE: $44.96 Product Type: Hardcover Published: February 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | Film & Video - Art | Individual Artists - Artists' Books - Art | Individual Artists - Monographs |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.4" W x 8.6" (1.45 lbs) 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In his film for Documenta 14, Scottish video artist Douglas Gordon (born 1966) presents a portrait of Jonas Mekas' acclaimed autobiography I Had Nowhere to Go, mixing stills with footage of Mekas reading. The book relays how Mekas fled his home in Lithuania to escape the Nazis, ending up in a camp for displaced persons before managing to emigrate to America, where he commenced his career in underground film, establishing the legendary Anthology Film Archives in New York. Gordon's artist's book accompanies his film. Neither is a straight retelling of Mekas' classic account of dislocation; rather, they are Gordon's artistic reactions to his book and its narrative style. The book merges film stills with text excerpts from Mekas' memoir. |