| Description |
1 online resource (pages . cm) |
| Contents |
Falling; 1; 2; 3; 4; Representing; 5; 6; 7; 8; Trading; 9; 10; 11; 12; Sailing; 13; 14; 15; 16; Dying; 17; 18; 19; 20; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index |
| Summary |
On July 9, 1975, Dutch-born artist Bas Jan Ader set sail from Chatham, Massachusetts, on a thirteen-foot sailboat. He was bound for Falmouth, England, on the second leg of a three-part piece titled In Search of the Miraculous. The damaged boat was found south of the western tip of Ireland nearly a year later. Ader was never seen again. Since his untimely death, Ader has achieved mythic status in the art world as a figure literally willing to die for his art. Considering the artist's legacy and concise oeuvre beyond the romantic and tragic associations that acc |
| Analysis |
art, artwork, artistic, artist, sailboat, sailing, 1970s, new england, missing person, mystery, mysterious, disappearance, myth, folklore, urban legend, end of life, legacy, oeuvre, romantic, tragic, los angeles, subjectivity, contemporary, biography, biographical, theory, criticism, ger van elk, william leavitt, allen ruppersberg, creative, creativity, university, college, academic, scholarly, research, conceptual, historical, famous, well known |
| Notes |
Title from PDF title page (viewed on May 15, 2013) |
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Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
| Subject |
Ader, Bas Jan, 1942-1975.
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Ader, Bas Jan, 1942-1975 |
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Artists -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Artists, Architects, Photographers.
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ART -- Individual Artists -- Artists' Books.
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ART -- Individual Artists -- Essays.
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ART -- Individual Artists -- Monographs.
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Artists
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Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780226038674 |
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022603867X |
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