%C2%A9 Doug Aitken%2C 2008
migration (empire) - linear version, 2008
Doug Aitkenexpand_more
Single channel video installationexpand_more
The William Hood Dunwoody Fundexpand_more 2009.7
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Doug Aitken is considered among the leading video artists of his generation. He is known for creating exquisitely produced and engaging videos that utilize the visual richness of the medium to capture the complexity of society and culture today.
Aitken's close studies of wild, North American animals released within the artificial habitat of the motel are spellbinding. A horse occupies a room, watching wild horses run free on television; a buffalo, the tragic American symbol of the wild West, trashes the space. The animals' displacement from their native environment seems at once humorous and horrific, strangely familiar and prophetic.The work captures the country's strengths and contradictions - the sublime beauty of a landscape that is often impacted by urban development. Ultimately, migration provides a picture of America as it grows, changes, and finds its place in the twenty-first century.
Details
- Title
- migration (empire) - linear version
- Artist Life
- born 1968
- Role
- Artist
- Dimension
- variable
- Accession Number
- 2009.7
- Curator Approved
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© Doug Aitken, 2008