Bas Jan Ader
Subtitle: please don't leave me
By: [Erik Beenker ... et al.].
Contributors: Beenker, Erik.; Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (Rotterdam, Netherlands)
Publisher: Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Rotterdam, Netherlands
Language: eng
Number of pages: 174
ISBN-13: 9789069182165
Subjects: Ader, Bas Jan, -- 1942-1975 -- Exhibitions
Genres: Exhibitions.
Other titles: Please don't leave me.
Description: Thirty years after Bas Jan Ader failed to return from a solo crossing of the Atlantic, the interest in his work continues to grow. In less than ten years he created some thirty-five works of art in which falling, physical and emotional vulnerability and mortality are the central themes. Published to coincide with a retrospective exhibition, this thoroughly illustrated catalogue provides a much needed overview of these and other aspects of Ader's work. Also includes contributions by Tacita Dean, J rg Heiser and Erik Beenker, amongst others.
Notes: Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam, Netherlands, Aug. 26-Nov. 5, 2006.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-170).
Table of contents: title: Bas Jan Ader (1942-1975 missing at sea): the man who wanted to look beyond the horizon / Erik Beenker; title: Curb your romanticism: Bas Jan Ader's slapstick / Jörg Heiser; title: And he fell into the sea / Tacita Dean; title: In the film I silently elucidate everything concerning falling / Elbrig de Groot; title: The notions of fall and rise were to be explored / Doede Hardeman.