Douglas Gordon is an inveterate storyteller. The fictions that he weaves extend outward from the objects of his art-film, video, sound installations, photographs, and text works – to encompass his own artistic persona. Self-portraiture, or, more accurately, Gordon’s presentation of a mutable and enigmatic self, constitutes a significant component of his practice – a component that is largely performative and indirect. Douglas Gordon’s The VANITY of Allegory, an exhibition conceived specifically for the Deutsche Guggenheim in Berlin, explores the notion of the veiled self-portrait as an art-historical trope, a literary device, and a cinematic strategy, while examining the intersection of vanitas as a meditation on the ephemeral nature of life itself and self-representation as an act of vanity or a ploy to remain immortal.
For Douglas Gordon’s The VANITY of Allegory, the artist turned to the histories of art and film for source material. His installation – which houses its own cinema – includes loans from the Guggenheim and private collections, as well as examples of his own work and that of his peers. By combining historical and contemporary art and film, Gordon has created a visual collage that narrates issues of self-representation and double identity.
Curators
Douglas Gordon
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Nancy Spector, Guggenheim Museum, New York
Location
Deutsche Guggenheim
Unter den Linden 13/15
10117 Berlin
Opening hours
Daily 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Thursdays to 10 p.m.
Including MuseumsShop and KAFFEEBANK
Catalogue and Edition
Accompanying the exhibition is the catalogue Douglas Gordon’s The VANITY of Allegory (German or English, 35 Euros). As Edition No. 32 of the Deutsche Guggenheim Douglas Gordon has created 100 self-portrait Polaroids. Each work is a signed, unique artwork (400 Euros with catalogue). Exclusively available in the MuseumsShop (030) 20 20 93 15.
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Admission
| Adults | | € 4 |
| reduced | | € 3 |
| Children under 12 | | Admission free |
| School classes | | Admission free |
| School classes with guided tours | | € 25 |
| Groups up to 20 | | € 35 |
| Family Card | | € 8 |
| Mondays | | Admission free |
Guided tours
Free Guided tours: Daily at 6 p.m.
Lunch Lectures: Wednesdays at 1 p.m. (Guided tours on selected themes followed by a small lunch)
Keynote Tours: Sundays at 11.30 a.m. (Guided tours on special themes followed by brunch)
Special guided tours, tours in foreign languages, and tours for school classes are available. Please call (030) 20 20 93-14
Deutsche Guggenheim Club
Information on Deutsche Guggenheim’s friendship circle at our homepage or at (030) 202093-19.
art shop
700 articles ranging from catalogues to toys and art books for children; innovative design from Berlin and articles from the Guggenheim Museum stores in Bilbao, New York and Venice.
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Café
KAFFEEBANK
Drinks, brunch/snacks: varying menu
Public transport to the exhibition
Subway Stadtmitte (U2) or Französische Straße (U6)
S-Bahn Unter den Linden (S1, S2) or Friedrichstraße (S3, S5, S7, S9, S75)
Bus No.100, 147, 200
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