Douglas Gordon
Born in 1966 in Glasgow (Scotland), DOUGLAS GORDON lives and works in Berlin (Germany), Glasgow (Scotland) and Paris (France). Douglas Gordon’s practice encompasses video and film, installation, sculpture, photography, and text. Through his work, Gordon investigates the fundamentals of the human condition like memory and the passage of time, as well as universal dualities such as life and death, good and evil, right and wrong. Kamel Mennour and Douglas Gordon have been working together since 2018.
Gordon’s œuvre has been exhibited globally, in major solo exhibitions including the Neue Nationalgalerie Berlin (1999), the Tate Liverpool (2000), the MOCA in Los Angeles (2001 and 2012), the Hayward Gallery in London (2002), the National Gallery of Scotland (2006), the Museum of Modern Art in New York (2006), the TATE Britain in London (2010), the Tel Aviv Museum of Art (2013), as well as in the Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris (2014).
His film works have been invited to the Festival de Cannes, Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), Venice Film Festival, Edinburgh International Film Festival, BFI London Film Festival, Festival del Film Locarno, New York Film Festival, among many others.
Gordon received the 1996 Turner Prize. In 2017, he presented “I had nowhere to go” at Documenta 14 in Athens and Kassel.
Works
![Exhibition view, Giacometti Institute, Paris - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/douglas-gordon/exhibition-view-giacometti-institute-paris-2022-4/a266bc356d-1652699534/8-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Mennour, Paris - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/douglas-gordon/exhibition-view-mennour-paris/c9709bd653-1687171984/3-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Giacometti Institute, Paris - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/douglas-gordon/exhibition-view-giacometti-institute-paris-3/e3d42e348c-1652699344/19-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Giacometti Institute, Paris - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/douglas-gordon/exhibition-view-giacometti-institute-paris/7c8d9bac1d-1652698214/14-400x.jpg)
![Self-Portrait of You + Me (Nine Times Triple Elvis) - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/douglas-gordon/self-portrait-of-you-me-nine-times-triple-elvis/95fa61968d-1687172116/dg246-400x.jpg)
![Diary Volume IV - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/douglas-gordon/diary-volume-iv/c4768e86dc-1652697105/dsc4355-1-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Fondation Boghossian – Villa Empain, Brussels - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/douglas-gordon/exhibition-view-fondation-boghossian-villa-empain-brussels/1120ed7dfb-1652699204/boghossian-foundation-icons-douglas-gordon-2-400x.jpg)
![Punishment Exercise (when?) - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/douglas-gordon/punishment-exercise-when/cbc72ec0fc-1608561736/dg-64-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Collection Lambert, Avignon - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/douglas-gordon/exhibition-view-collection-lambert-avignon/4282869e2d-1598607653/dsc05068-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, ARoS Musem, Aarhus, Danemark - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/douglas-gordon/exhibition-view-aros-musem-aarhus-danemark/a8914f12f7-1575648816/o5a8681-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, ARoS Musem, Aarhus - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/douglas-gordon/exhibition-view-aros-musem-aarhus/c11f5b28b9-1575648736/douglas-gordon-iles-flottantes-if-monet-met-cezanne-in-montfavet-2008-2-944x532-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Arken Museum of Modern Art, Ishøj - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/douglas-gordon/exhibition-view-arken-museum-of-modern-art-ishoj/48606c36a1-1598607773/play-dead-real-time-douglas-gordon-arken-003-photo-by-david-stjernholm-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/douglas-gordon/exhibition-view-kamel-mennour-paris-8/ecd893c888-1563358577/16-400x.jpg)
![Self Portrait of You + Me (Elv 4 pieces) - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/douglas-gordon/self-portrait-of-you-me-elv-4-pieces/0b1677bdd9-1562080904/dg11-400x.jpg)
![Hocus Pocus - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/douglas-gordon/hocus-pocus/a2b044b65d-1562081017/dg46-400x.jpg)
![The Things He Does - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/douglas-gordon/the-things-he-does/afc520845f-1562081169/dg58-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, MoMA, New York City - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/douglas-gordon/exhibition-view-moma-new-york-city/dd2b4f4dbb-1568373418/2006-moma-4-400x.jpg)
![Remembered in Flames (Jane Russell) - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/douglas-gordon/remembered-in-flames-jane-russell/e2c35fd8e2-1562080862/dg9-400x.jpg)
![Serve the good cause and die - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/douglas-gordon/serve-the-good-cause-and-die/7de1bc5d75-1562081136/dg52-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/douglas-gordon/exhibition-view-kamel-mennour-paris-7/623634ecfa-1563358540/10-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Musée d’Art moderne de Paris - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/douglas-gordon/exhibition-view-muse-e-d-art-moderne-de-la-ville-de-paris/7b02892bf2-1568373637/2014-mam-3-400x.jpg)
![The Rhythm of the Night #15 - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/douglas-gordon/the-rhythm-of-the-night-15/f99b47c098-1562081333/dg80-400x.jpg)
![Stolen Fruit - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/douglas-gordon/stolen-fruit/8aafe9f4b6-1562081374/dg140-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/douglas-gordon/exhibition-view-kamel-mennour-paris-4/fde0f0fe25-1563358451/1-400x.jpg)
![Self-Portrait of You + Me (Jackie nine hole) - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/douglas-gordon/self-portrait-of-you-me-jackie-nine-hole/ba9b67dba7-1562080588/dg2-400x.jpg)
![The Rhythm of the Night #2 - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/douglas-gordon/the-rhythm-of-the-night-2/cf8b73aad3-1562081247/dg67-400x.jpg)
![Sers la bonne cause et meurs 2 - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/douglas-gordon/sers-la-bonne-cause-et-meurs-2/830643d9f0-1562081413/dg153-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/douglas-gordon/exhibition-view-fondation-louis-vuitton-paris/154e5b6e7f-1568373726/2015-flv-1-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/douglas-gordon/exhibition-view-kamel-mennour-paris/63eaf946a1-1563358243/3-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/douglas-gordon/exhibition-view-kamel-mennour-paris-6/0f7395a569-1563358510/9-400x.jpg)
![Self Portrait of You + Me (Double Debbie) - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/douglas-gordon/dg4/b6d6e6507b-1562080656/dg4-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/douglas-gordon/exhibition-view-kamel-mennour-paris-1/da12bc4c62-1563358325/9-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/douglas-gordon/exhibition-view-scottish-national-portrait-gallery-edinburgh/75296499fe-1568373827/2017-snpg-2-400x.jpg)
![The Rhythm of the Night #1 - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/douglas-gordon/the-rhythm-of-the-night-1/6eeaab22c8-1562081208/dg66-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/douglas-gordon/exhibition-view-kamel-mennour-paris-5/0475c37e05-1563358481/6-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Dunedin Public Art Gallery - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/douglas-gordon/exhibition-view-dunedin-public-art-gallery/3e9788815a-1568373761/2016-dunedin-5-400x.jpg)
![Self-Portrait of You + Me (Big Bang Elvis) - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/douglas-gordon/self-portrait-of-you-me-big-bang-elvis/f8998e8887-1601905206/big-bang-elvis-400x.jpg)
![Sers la bonne cause et meurs - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/douglas-gordon/sers-la-bonne-cause-et-meurs/880fb6e306-1562081096/dg51-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, MoMA, New York - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/douglas-gordon/exhibition-view-moma-new-york/bcae4ac63d-1568373458/2006-moma-7-400x.jpg)
![Self Portrait of You + Me (8 Elvis doubled inverted) - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/douglas-gordon/self-portrait-of-you-me-8-elvis-doubled-inverted/4d78fe2791-1562080832/dg6-400x.jpg)
![Abracadabra - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/douglas-gordon/abracadabra/dcbd72649c-1562081048/dg47-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/douglas-gordon/exhibition-view-australian-centre-for-contemporary-art-melbourne/284950f9f2-1568373521/2014-acca-400x.jpg)
![Selfportrait of you + me (seven hole Jackie) - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/douglas-gordon/selfportrait-of-you-me-seven-hole-jackie/72482a1dd7-1562080948/dg15-400x.jpg)
![The Rhythm of the Night #11 - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/douglas-gordon/the-rhythm-of-the-night-11/ea07e2ec19-1562081295/dg76-400x.jpg)
![Performance, Park Avenue Armory, New York City - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/douglas-gordon/performance-park-avenue-armory-new-york-city/3b17880781-1568373570/2014-armory-400x.jpg)
![Self Portrait of You + Me (Multicoloured Elvis with Black and White) - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/douglas-gordon/self-portrait-of-you-me-multicoloured-elvis-with-black-and-white/ce23869481-1562080700/dg5-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/douglas-gordon/exhibition-view-kamel-mennour-paris-2/dfddffcf53-1563358361/13-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Dunedin Public Art Gallery - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/douglas-gordon/exhibition-view-dunedin-public-art-gallery1/17fdab3561-1568374269/2018-dunedin-1-400x.jpg)