The ‘Methodical Romance’ of Bas Jan Ader, the Artist Who Set Sail and Never Returned


The ‘Methodical Romance’ of Bas Jan Ader, the Artist Who Set Sail and Never Returned

Bas Jan Ader (b. 1942 Winschoten, The Netherlands) received his Bachelor of Fine Arts at the Otis Art Institute of Los Angeles (1965) and his Master's of Fine Arts at the Claremont Graduate School and University Center, Claremont CA (1967).


Bas Jan Ader Artists Metro Pictures

Bas Jan Ader, 1942 - 1975 Dutch/Californian artist Bas Jan Ader was last seen in 1975 when he took off in what would have been the smallest sailboat ever to cross the Atlantic. He left behind a small oeuvre, often using gravity as a medium, which more than 30 years after his disappearance at sea is more influential than ever before..


Dutch photographer Bas Jan Ader channels Mondrian in new exhibition 1854 Photography

Dutch/Californian artist Bas Jan Ader was last seen in 1975 when he took off in what would have been the smallest sailboat ever to cross the Atlantic. He left behind a small oeuvre, often using gravity as a medium, which more than 30 years after his disappearance at sea is more influential than ever before.


A beleza e o mar Icariano de Bas Jan Ader

Viewers of Bas Jan Ader's 24-second 16mm film actually do. Present, too, is the same sense of dawning horror, as we see the artist on a chair straddling the roof of a suburban home, then falling.


Tangential Bas Jan Ader

An inadequate boat, capsized off the coast of Ireland. A body lost at sea. For some, this life is not creeping, but rushing forward to its doomed conclusion. Most people turn away, unable to face.


Bas Jan Ader Artists Metro Pictures

Bas Jan Ader has 15 works online. There are 28,602 photographs online. Installation views We have identified these works in the following photos from our exhibition history. In & Out of Amsterdam: Art & Project Bulletin, 1968-1989. Jul 15-Oct 26, 2009. Staging Action: Performance in Photography since 1960.


In Search of Bas Jan Ader, the Artist Who Disappeared at Sea

Tragedy surrounded both the beginning and the end of Bas Jan Ader's (1942-1975) short life. Bastiaan Johan Christiian, or Bas Jan, was born in Wishoten, Holland to Bastiaan Jan Ader and his wife Johanna Adriana Ader-Appels. A minister in the Dutch Reformed church, Ader's father was caught harboring Jewish refugees in 1944 and killed by.


Bas Jan Ader Art Works, Films and Installations in New York Widewalls

Bas Jan Ader blends biography, theoretical reflection, and archival research to draw a detailed picture of the world in which Ader's work was rooted: a vibrant international art scene populated with peers such as Ger van Elk, William Leavitt, and Allen Ruppersberg.Dumbadze looks closely at Ader's engagement with questions of free will and his ultimate success in creating art untainted by.


Bas Jan Ader Flower Arranging as the Master Art

Bas Jan Ader was one of the most significant and influential artists of his generation, his work fusing European and Californian conceptual positions. Working in film, photography, installation and performance, his influence continues to be felt today.


Bas Jan Ader's Please Don't Leave Me & In Search of the Miraculous Bas Jan Ader Discovery File

Anticipating Bas Jan Ader's first US retrospective, Bruce Hainley examines the Dutch-born Conceptualist's modest output and the cult that has grown up around the work since the artist disappeared at sea in 1975, while attempting to complete part two of his performative triptych In Search of the Miraculous.


Bas Jan Ader's Please Don't Leave Me & In Search of the Miraculous Bas Jan Ader Discovery File

Bas Jan Ader (b. 1942 Winschoten, The Netherlands) received his Bachelor of Fine Arts at the Otis Art Institute of Los Angeles (1965) and his Master's of Fine Arts at the Claremont Graduate School and University Center, Claremont CA (1967). The. Read more See all past shows and fair booths Critically acclaimed Solo show at 2 major institutions


Bas Jan Ader Flash Art

Bastiaan Johan Christiaan "Bas Jan" Ader (19 April 1942 - disappeared 1975) was a Dutch conceptual and performance artist, and photographer. [1] His work was in many instances presented as photographs and film of his performances. He made performative installations, including Please Don't Leave Me (1969).


Bas Jan Ader’s Fateful, Final Work Left Him Lost at Sea Artsy

Bas Jan Ader Dutch, 1942-1975 Works Exhibitions Publications Wikipedia entry Getty record Works 15 works online Image not available William Leavitt, Bas Jan Ader Landslide 1969 William Leavitt, Bas Jan Ader Landslide, no. 1 1969 William Leavitt, Bas Jan Ader Landslide, no. 2 1969 William Leavitt, Bas Jan Ader Landslide, no. 3 1969 William Leavitt,


Bas Jan Ader Artists Meliksetian Briggs

The performer and video artist Bas Jan Ader in this sense has reached the limits of creative despair, turning his whole life into an eccentric, but from this no less tragic artistic act. Born in 1942 in the Netherlands, the artist lived most of his life in sunny California, which was only a catalyst for his chronic sadness.


Bas Jan Ader Artists Meliksetian Briggs

Bas Jan Ader blends biography, theoretical reflection, and archival research to draw a detailed picture of the world in which Ader's work was rooted: a vibrant international art scene populated with peers such as Ger van Elk, William Leavitt, and Allen Ruppersberg. Dumbadze looks closely at Ader's engagement with questions of free will and his ultimate success in creating art untainted by.


Bas Jan Ader, 1967. Implosion The Artist Contemplating the Forces of Nature. Art contemporain

In 1975, artist Bas Jan Ader attempted to sail across the Atlantic. The discovery of his boat 10 months later sparked a fetishistic fascination with his disappearance. Tiernan Morgan November 30,.