Visit
Douglas Gordon and Richard Wright
at Selfridges
Through March 28, 2019
Selfridges, London
www.selfridges.com
Ahead of the unveiling of London’s new Elizabeth railway line in 2020, Douglas Gordon and Richard Wright were commissioned to create artworks for the windows of Selfridges as part of the department store’s recently launched State of the Arts project.
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Selfridges Oxford Street shop windows featuring work by Richard Wright, London, 2019
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In Conversation
Douglas Gordon, Michel Auder, Lolita Jablonskienė
Saturday, June 15, 2019, 5–6pm
Messe Basel
artbasel.com/basel
Douglas Gordon will speak with photographer Michel Auder and art critic Lolita Jablonskienė on the life and legacy of Jonas Mekas, the “godfather of avant-garde film.” All three speakers were friends and admirers of Mekas. Gordon’s 2016 film I had nowhere to go: Portrait of a displaced person incorporates one minute of real-time footage per year of Mekas’s momentous life, covering his departure from his native Lithuania, to his time in forced-labor camps and a displaced persons’ center during World War II, to his eventual arrival in New York, and beyond. The discussion, moderated by Maxa Zoller, curator of Art Basel’s Film Sector, is titled “‘Reminiscence of a Journey’—The Legacy of Jonas Mekas.” The event is free to attend.
Douglas Gordon, I had nowhere to go: Portrait of a displaced person, 2016 (still) © Studio lost but found/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2019
Visit
Gagosian at Selfridges Corner Shop
Through March 30, 2019
Selfridges, London
www.selfridges.com
Selfridges has invited the Gagosian Shop to showcase a curated selection of items at the department store’s Corner Shop in anticipation of the unveiling of London’s new Elizabeth railway line in 2020. The pop-up features apparel by Douglas Gordon and prints by Richard Wright—both artists who will have new public installations in the Tottenham Court Road station, located close to Selfridges—and much more.
To celebrate the closing of the collaboration, Gagosian and Selfridges will host a reception at the Corner Shop in Selfridges on Thursday, March 28, from 6pm to 8pm. To attend the event, RSVP to rsvplondon@gagosian.com.
Photo: Lucy Dawkins
Screening
Douglas Gordon
Portrait of Janus (divided states)
Saturday, December 15, 2018, 8pm
Babylon, Berlin
www.videoart-at-midnight.de
Douglas Gordon’s film Portrait of Janus (divided states) (2017) will be screened in Berlin. The film captures the tattooing of the boundary line of Korea’s demilitarized zone, the strip of land separating North and South Korea, along the spine of a young Korean man, Janus Hoon Jang, accompanied by a cello improvisation by Okkyung Lee. The event is free and open to the public. Space is limited and will be granted on a first-come-first-serve basis.
Douglas Gordon, Portrait of Janus (divided states), 2017 (still) © Studio lost but found/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2017. Commissioned and produced by Locus+
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