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)
Horizon/Rain/Filthy Weather, 1998

Tacita Dean

Horizon/Rain/Filthy Weather, 1998

Sale Date: April 29, 2016

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‘Salt Dolmen’, 2012

Tacita Dean

‘Salt Dolmen’, 2012

Sale Date: April 26, 2016

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Untitled (Sea Weather), 1998

Tacita Dean

Untitled (Sea Weather), 1998

Sale Date: December 5, 2015

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Teignmouth Electron, Cayman Brac, 1999

Tacita Dean

Teignmouth Electron, Cayman Brac, 1999

Sale Date: September 23, 2015

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Horizon/Rain/Filthy Weather, 1998

Tacita Dean

Horizon/Rain/Filthy Weather, 1998

Sale Date: September 28, 2015

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Teignmouth Electron, Cayman Brac, 1999

Tacita Dean

Teignmouth Electron, Cayman Brac, 1999

Sale Date: March 26, 2015

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Teignmouth Electron, Cayman Brac (with track), 1999

Tacita Dean

Teignmouth Electron, Cayman Brac (with track), 1999

Sale Date: February 12, 2015

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Dead Budgie (set of 6), 2002

Tacita Dean

Dead Budgie (set of 6), 2002

Sale Date: March 4, 2014

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The Russian ending (set of 20), 2001

Tacita Dean

The Russian ending (set of 20), 2001

Sale Date: February 13, 2014

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Coping with the Money Devil - Abstract

Tacita Dean

Coping with the Money Devil - Abstract

Sale Date: December 4, 2013

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Yellow car (diptych), 2001

Tacita Dean

Yellow car (diptych), 2001

Sale Date: October 24, 2013

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Text of Light, 2004

Tacita Dean

Text of Light, 2004

Sale Date: April 11, 2013

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Section Cinema, 2002

Tacita Dean

Section Cinema, 2002

Sale Date: December 1, 2012

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Gibraltar old Trees, 2012

Tacita Dean

Gibraltar old Trees, 2012

Sale Date: November 30, 2012

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Wake (in 2 parts), 2000

Tacita Dean

Wake (in 2 parts), 2000

Sale Date: October 12, 2012

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Goddess-in-reverse, 2011

Tacita Dean

Goddess-in-reverse, 2011

Sale Date: October 15, 2011

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The horizon (Out of shot), 1998

Tacita Dean

The horizon (Out of shot), 1998

Sale Date: September 14, 2011

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Aerial view of Teignmouth Electron, Cayman..., 2000

Tacita Dean

Aerial view of Teignmouth Electron, Cayman..., 2000

Sale Date: March 16, 2011

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Teignmouth Elextron, Cayman Brac 16th of..., 1998

Tacita Dean

Teignmouth Elextron, Cayman Brac 16th of..., 1998

Sale Date: December 15, 2010

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Aerial view of Teignmouth electron, Cayman..., 2000

Tacita Dean

Aerial view of Teignmouth electron, Cayman..., 2000

Sale Date: October 20, 2010

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Lazy eye, from floh (2000), 2000

Tacita Dean

Lazy eye, from floh (2000), 2000

Sale Date: July 22, 2009

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Composition (+ another; 2 works), 2001

Tacita Dean

Composition (+ another; 2 works), 2001

Sale Date: November 16, 2009

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Dead budgie (set of 6), 2002

Tacita Dean

Dead budgie (set of 6), 2002

Sale Date: November 15, 2009

Auction Closed

Fernsehturm, 2001

Tacita Dean

Fernsehturm, 2001

Sale Date: October 29, 2009

Auction Closed

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