Menu

Douglas Gordon

self-portrait of you + me, after the factory

October 31–December 15, 2007
980 Madison Avenue, New York

Installation view Artwork © Studio lost but found/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, Germany

Installation view

Artwork © Studio lost but found/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, Germany

Installation view Artwork © Studio lost but found/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, Germany

Installation view

Artwork © Studio lost but found/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, Germany

Installation view Artwork © Studio lost but found/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, Germany

Installation view

Artwork © Studio lost but found/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, Germany

Installation view Artwork © Studio lost but found/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, Germany

Installation view

Artwork © Studio lost but found/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, Germany

Installation video Play Button

Installation video

Works Exhibited

Douglas Gordon, self-portrait of you + me (Marilyn face), 2007 Burned photograph on mirror, in wood frame, 26 ¼ × 26 ¼ × 3 inches (66.7 × 66.7 × 7.6 cm)© Studio lost but found/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, Germany

Douglas Gordon, self-portrait of you + me (Marilyn face), 2007

Burned photograph on mirror, in wood frame, 26 ¼ × 26 ¼ × 3 inches (66.7 × 66.7 × 7.6 cm)
© Studio lost but found/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, Germany

Douglas Gordon, self-portrait of you + me (Elvis), 2007 Burned photograph on mirror, in wood frame, 54 ¾ × 39 × 3 inches (139.1 × 99.1 × 7.6 cm)© Studio lost but found/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, Germany

Douglas Gordon, self-portrait of you + me (Elvis), 2007

Burned photograph on mirror, in wood frame, 54 ¾ × 39 × 3 inches (139.1 × 99.1 × 7.6 cm)
© Studio lost but found/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, Germany

Douglas Gordon, self-portrait of you + me (Jackie), 2007 Burned photograph on mirror, in wood frame, 44 × 44 × 3 inches (111.8 × 111.8 × 7.6 cm)© Studio lost but found/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, Germany

Douglas Gordon, self-portrait of you + me (Jackie), 2007

Burned photograph on mirror, in wood frame, 44 × 44 × 3 inches (111.8 × 111.8 × 7.6 cm)
© Studio lost but found/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, Germany

Douglas Gordon, self-portrait of you + me (Muhammad Ali), 2007 Burned photograph on mirror, in wood frame, 44 ¾ × 44 ⅞ × 3 inch (113.7 × 114 × 7.6 cm)© Studio lost but found/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, Germany

Douglas Gordon, self-portrait of you + me (Muhammad Ali), 2007

Burned photograph on mirror, in wood frame, 44 ¾ × 44 ⅞ × 3 inch (113.7 × 114 × 7.6 cm)
© Studio lost but found/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, Germany

About

It’s only just begun.
—Douglas Gordon

Gagosian is pleased to present an exhibition of new work by Douglas Gordon.

Gordon is a conjurer of collective memory and perceptual surprise, wielding as his tools the everyday commodities of popular culture: Hollywood films, found scientific footage, photographs of rock stars, or poetic and ambiguous phrases. Manipulating viewers’ reactions to the familiar, Gordon skillfully infuses a combination of wit and dread into his diverse body of work, which includes video, sound, photographic objects, and texts. His early work 24 Hour Psycho (1993) slows down and protracts Alfred Hitchcock’s legendary 1960 film to a full day’s duration, drawing out the horror until it ceases to be suspenseful.

Gordon’s Blind Stars (2002) features publicity photographs of midcentury movie stars in which the sitters’ eyes have been replaced by expressionless black, white, or mirrored surfaces. His Bond Girl portraits (2006) comprise more dramatically desecrated visages of the James Bond film actresses, yet their cut and burned remains still pack a seductive punch. The most recent self-portraits allude to Gordon’s uneasy affinity for Andy Warhol, which has often impacted the content and tone of his work. Warhol’s immortalized cultural icons here take the form of charred, browned bits of commercial reproductions floating on mirrored backgrounds, singed remnants of the heroic originals that nonetheless possess an eerily powerful presence. Gordon’s portraits underscore Warhol’s phenomenal resonance in today’s art world, while capturing the self-reflexive nature of the post-Warholian period.

Installation view with Douglas Gordon, Pretty much every film and video work from about 1992 until now... (1999–)

Douglas Gordon: To Sing

On the occasion of Douglas Gordon: All I need is a little bit of everything, an exhibition in London, curator Adam Szymczyk recounts his experiences with Gordon’s work across nearly three decades, noting the continuities and evolutions.

still from video of eyeball

Douglas Gordon: if when why what

Douglas Gordon took over the Piccadilly Lights advertising screen in London’s Piccadilly Circus, as well as a global network of screens in cities including Berlin, Melbourne, Milan, New York, and Seoul, nightly for three minutes at 20:22 (8:22pm) throughout December 2022, with his new film, if when why what (2018–22). The project was presented by the Cultural Institute of Radical Contemporary Art (CIRCA) in conjunction with the exhibition Douglas Gordon: Neon Ark at Gagosian, Davies Street, London.

Douglas Gordon

Douglas Gordon

Katrina Brown discusses the importance of Douglas Gordon’s 24 Hour Psycho (1993) and some of the films that followed, touching on threads that run throughout the artist’s career.

Gagosian Quarterly Spring 2018

Gagosian Quarterly Spring 2018

The Spring 2018 Gagosian Quarterly with a cover by Ed Ruscha is now available for order.

Douglas Gordon: I had nowhere to go

Douglas Gordon: I had nowhere to go

Featuring an extensive interview with Douglas Gordon on the process of making his 2016 film I had nowhere to go: Portrait of a displaced person, this video, produced by Berlin Art Link, includes clips of Jonas Mekas and revealing anecdotes about the creation of the film.

Douglas Gordon and Morgane Tschiember

Douglas Gordon and Morgane Tschiember

Douglas Gordon and Morgane Tschiember’s installation As close as you can for as long as it lasts, presented during Elevation 1049: Avalanche in Gstaad, Switzerland.