The University's new Centre for Contemporary Visual Arts opens on August 12. The centre will be presenting an exhibition of the work of Douglas Gordon in the University Gallery. It will feature one work, a sound and installation piece, titled " What you want me to say" 1999. This work comes out of Gordon’s interest in film, fiction and memory, which he manipulates to provide a context for the spectator to bring his or her own experience to the work. In research terms the idea of showing this piece in Brighton came about because the work was made in response to Gordon viewing of the film "Brighton Rock". The work is like a fragment, which the spectator can place within a wider context, once they recall the film and the significance of the title of the work.
Douglas Gordon was born in Glasgow in 1966 and studied at Glasgow School of Art (1984-1988) and at the Slade School of Art, London (1988-1990). Since then he has exhibited internationally with major solo exhibitions at the Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum Eindhoven 1995, Museum fur Gegenwartskunst Zurich 1996, Kunstverein Hanover 1998, (+ info to come bb) He now lives and works in Glasgow and New York.
Gordon uses a variety of media in his work including video, film, text and photography. His work 24 Hour Psycho 1993 in which he projects Hitchcock’s film over a period of 24 hours has created a lasting memory for those who have seen it.
Thanks go to the Migros Museum Zurich for the loan of the work in the exhibition.
