Tacita Dean

(British, born 1965)

Tacita Dean is a British Conceptual artist known for her esoteric films. The artist explores both specific historical events and formal qualities of the 16 mm film, as seen in her Disappearance at Sea (1996) and The Green Ray (2001). Dean’s use of celluloid film, photography, installation, and drawing, seems an act of mourning for the analog world of documents and photographs as it passes into the realm of a massive digital archive. “A world that won't forget is a world drowned in its not forgetting,” she reflected. “Do we want a world full of unedited memory? To be human is to be finite.” Born in 1965 in Canterbury, United Kingdom, she studied at Falmouth University and received her MA from the Slade School of Fine Art in 1992. Influenced by a range of artists and writers, including Marcel Broodthaers, Robert Smithson, J.G. Ballard, and W.G. Sebald, Dean’s work is steeped in questions regarding cultural loss. In 2001, the artist published her book Floh which consisted of arranged photographs Dean found while scouring flea markets throughout Europe and America. She has gone on to participate in three Venice Biennales as well as documenta 13 in Kassel. The artist lives and works in Berlin, Germany. Today, Dean’s works are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate Gallery in London, the Reina Sofia National Museum in Madrid, and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., among others.

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Tacita Dean (133 results)
Buon Fresco, 2014

Tacita Dean

Buon Fresco, 2014

Marian Goodman Gallery

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GAETA Fifty photographs, number 50, 2015

Tacita Dean

GAETA Fifty photographs, number 50, 2015

Marian Goodman Gallery

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GAETA Fifty photographs, number 35, 2015

Tacita Dean

GAETA Fifty photographs, number 35, 2015

Marian Goodman Gallery

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Portraits, 2016

Tacita Dean

Portraits, 2016

Marian Goodman Gallery

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More or Less, 2011

Tacita Dean

More or Less, 2011

Marian Goodman Gallery

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Darmstäder Werkblock, 2008

Tacita Dean

Darmstäder Werkblock, 2008

Marian Goodman Gallery

Blue Black Permanent (Crossing English..., 2008

Tacita Dean

Blue Black Permanent (Crossing English..., 2008

Sale Date: July 5, 2024

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One Negative, Two Suns, Two Moons, 2019

Tacita Dean

One Negative, Two Suns, Two Moons, 2019

Sale Date: March 10, 2024

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Foreign Policy (screenprint edition), 2019

Tacita Dean

Foreign Policy (screenprint edition), 2019

Sale Date: March 10, 2024

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Ash, 2023

Tacita Dean

Ash, 2023

Sale Date: March 9, 2024

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One Negative, Two Suns, Two Moons, 2019

Tacita Dean

One Negative, Two Suns, Two Moons, 2019

Sale Date: December 1, 2023

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Buddha's Tooth, 2021

Tacita Dean

Buddha's Tooth, 2021

Sale Date: September 26, 2023

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An Organised Whole, from Tate Modern 21..., 2021

Tacita Dean

An Organised Whole, from Tate Modern 21..., 2021

Sale Date: June 8, 2023

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Floating Dolmen', 2009., 2009

Tacita Dean

Floating Dolmen', 2009., 2009

Sale Date: April 27, 2023

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AN ORGANISED WHOLE, FROM THE

Tacita Dean

AN ORGANISED WHOLE, FROM THE "TATE 21 YEARS" , 2021

Sale Date: March 30, 2023

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Teignmouth Electron, Cayman Brac, 1999

Tacita Dean

Teignmouth Electron, Cayman Brac, 1999

Sale Date: October 18, 2022

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Bubble House (spray), 1999

Tacita Dean

Bubble House (spray), 1999

Sale Date: October 15, 2022

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An Organised Whole, from Tate Modern 21..., 2021

Tacita Dean

An Organised Whole, from Tate Modern 21..., 2021

Sale Date: September 15, 2022

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You Can't Go Home Again, 2008

Tacita Dean

You Can't Go Home Again, 2008

Sale Date: March 2, 2022

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Section Cinema, (Homage to Marcel Broodthaers), 2002

Tacita Dean

Section Cinema, (Homage to Marcel Broodthaers), 2002

Sale Date: December 14, 2021

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Russian Ending, 2001

Tacita Dean

Russian Ending, 2001

Sale Date: May 27, 2021

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Teignmouth Electron, 1999–2009

Tacita Dean

Teignmouth Electron, 1999–2009

Sale Date: May 26, 2021

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Lord Byron died, 2003

Tacita Dean

Lord Byron died, 2003

Sale Date: April 21, 2021

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Untitled, 1998

Tacita Dean

Untitled, 1998

Sale Date: March 22, 2021

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