Doug Aitken
Cover for Issue 433
New York
Issue 433 September 23, 2008

Doug Aitken's body of work ranges from photography, sculpture, and architectural interventions to sound, single- and multichannel video works, and installations. His work explores the contemporary nomadic existence, in which travel and movement are folded into daily experience. Aitken's work has been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions around the world, and in institutions such as the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Centre Pompidou in Paris.

During the past decade, Aitken has created innovative installations by fracturing the narrative structure of his films across multiscreen environments. His Electric Earth installation brought him wide acclaim and earned him the International Prize at the Venice Biennale in 1999. The following year, Glass Horizon, an installation that projected a pair of eyes onto the Vienna Secession building after it had closed for the night, demonstrated the artist's interest in architectural structures and in art that interacts with urban environments. In 2001, Aitken's exhibition at London's Serpentine Gallery used the entire building — from basement to roof — for the installation New Ocean. In 2005, Aitken received a solo exhibition at the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.

Aitken was born in Redondo Beach, California, in 1968 and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. He lives and works in Los Angeles.

Aitken currently has a solo exhibition at 303 Gallery in New York.

Doug Aitken
migration, 2008
Single channel video installation with single or multiple site-specific projections or monitors
Courtesy 303 Gallery, New York

 

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