Stan Douglas
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Stan Douglas (born October 11, 1960) is an African-Canadian installation artist from Vancouver, British Columbia. He attended the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design.
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[edit] Life
Stan Douglas was born in 1960 in Vancouver, where he currently lives and works. Educated at the Emily Carr College of Art in Vancouver, Douglas has exhibited widely since his first solo show in 1981. Among numerous group exhibitions, Douglas was included in the 1995 Carnegie International, the 1995 Whitney Biennial, the 1997 SkulpturProjekte in Münster and Documenta X in Kassel. From September 15, 2007 until January 6, 2008, the Württembergische Kunstverein and the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart will be presenting the first comprehensive exhibition of the works of Stan Douglas within a space covering 4,000 sq. metres, grammar. The exhibition will encompass fourteen video and film installations, as well as numerous photographs.
[edit] Work
Douglas' work reflects the technical and social aspects of mass media, and since the late 1980s has been largely influenced by the work of Samuel Beckett.
[edit] Bibliography
- Douglas, Stan. Samuel Beckett: Teleplays. Vancouver: Vancouver Art Gallery, 1988.
- Stan Douglas. Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou, 1994. Texts by Christine van Assche, Peter Culley, Stan Douglas and Jean-Christophe Royoux.
- Stan Douglas. London: Phaidon Press, 1998. Texts by Carol J. Clover, Stan Douglas, and Scott Watson, and an interview with Diana Thater.
- Stan Douglas. Vancouver: Vancouver Art Gallery, 1999. Texts by Diana Augaitis, Stan Douglas, George Wagner and William Wood.
- Stan Douglas: Monodramas and Loops. Vancouver: UBC Fine Arts Gallery, 1992. Texts by Stan Douglas, John Fiske and Scott Watson.
- Stan Douglas: Television Spots. Vancouver: Contemporary Art Gallery, 1988. Texts by Stan Douglas and Miriam Nichols.
[edit] External links
- Tate Collection
- the-artists.org
- Stan Douglas and Douglas Gordon: Double Vision
- Stan Douglas and Douglas Gordon: Double Vision, essay by Lynne Cooke
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