Glasgow Greats: Douglas Gordon

Archie Gibbs, The Glasgow Guardian , October 14, 2020
With world class museums, galleries, and educational institutions, Glasgow has made its name in the last 30 years, on a global scale, as a hotspot for growing talent. These artists increasingly exhibit internationally, picking up countless accolades along the way. Kicking off this Spotlight Series is an in-depth look at one of the most celebrated British artists of the last 30 years, Douglas Gordon, who continues to show in blue chip galleries and biennials. 
 
Graduating from Glasgow School of Art in 1988, Gordon rose to fame in the mid-1990s, leading a microgeneration of artists who collated art and film. With the surge in digital media stemming from a de-manualising of film and video, young artists like Gordon saw the centenary of film as inspiration to take film as a subject and detach it from overproduced cinematography. Not only does his work allow the viewer to reconsider the presentation and experience of film, but it considers the medium’s physicality in a new light. 
 
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