Bas Jan Ader
Bas Jan Ader was born in Winschoten, the Netherlands in 1942. He taught at various institutions after graduating from the Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles in 1965, including the University of California, Irvine. The 1975 work, part two in a performance piece titled "In Search of the Miraculous," is his most influential performance piece that continues to provoke debate; Ader attempted a singlehanded west-east crossing of the Atlantic Ocean. The boat was found wrecked but the artist...See more
Bas Jan Ader was born in Winschoten, the Netherlands in 1942. He taught at various institutions after graduating from the Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles in 1965, including the University of California, Irvine. The 1975 work, part two in a performance piece titled "In Search of the Miraculous," is his most influential performance piece that continues to provoke debate; Ader attempted a singlehanded west-east crossing of the Atlantic Ocean. The boat was found wrecked but the artist's body has never been recovered. See less
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