Bas Jan Ader

1942 - 1975
Born in 1942, in Netherlands

The short career of Bas Jan Ader, a legendary figure of the 1970s, was marked by a few works, photographs and filmed performances, in which he is both the subject and an object of protocols that examine the physical characteristics of the world – weight – as well as emotions – sadness – in an aesthetic similar to early video art.

Biography

Repeated falls, tears and gestures acquire, through tiny actions, an existential value. In 1975 the artist died crossing the Atlantic between the United States and Britain, while undertaking his last performance piece entitled In Search of the Miraculous.

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Bibliographic resources

Wijk, Marion van ; Dalstra, Koss. Bas Jan Ader : discovery file 143/76. Los Angeles : New Documents, 2017. 978-1-927354-10-0

Wolfs, Rein ; Beenker, Erik ; Dean, Tacita ; Groot, Elbrig de, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (Rotterdam, Pays-Bas). Bas Jan Ader : please don't leave me : [exhibition, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam]. Rotterdam : Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, 2006. 978-90-6918-216-2

Muller, Christopher. Implosion - Bas Jan Ader : Filme, Fotografien, Projektionen, Videos und Zeichnungen aus den Jahren 1967-1975 : [Ausstellung], Kunstverein Braunschweig, 8. April - 4. Juni 2000 ; Bonner Kunstverein, 21. Juni - 30. Juli 2000 ; Kunstverein München, 12. Oktober - 24. November 2000. Köln : W. König, 2000. 978-3-88375-443-7

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Expressionist and contemplative works

Exhibition of the Collection

From 17 December 2014 to 18 May 2015

The second phase in the inaugural hang featured a larger number of works, based on the Expressionist and the Contemplative themes.

A Vision for Painting

Exhibition of the Collection

From 20 February 2019 to 26 August 2019

The Fondation Louis Vuitton displays a new selection of 70 works from the collection and gathers 23 international artists from the 1960s to the present day around one main theme : painting.

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