Douglas Gordon, Self-Portrait of You + Me (Elvis), 2007 Smoke and Mirror 54-3/4 x 39 X 3 inches (139.1 x 99.1 x 7.6cm)

NEW YORK.-Gagosian Gallery presents self-portrait of you + me, after the factory an exhibition of new work by Douglas Gordon, on view October 31 – December 15, 2007. Gordon is a conjurer of collective memory and perceptual surprise, wielding as his tools the everyday commodities of popular culture: Hollywood films, found scientific footage, photographs of rock stars, or poetic and ambiguous phrases. Into his diverse body of work, which includes video, sound, photographic objects, and texts, Gordon skilfully infuses a combination of wit and dread, manipulating viewers' reactions to the familiar. An early example, his 24 Hour Psycho (1993) slowed down and protracted Alfred Hitchcock's legendary 1960 film into a full day's duration, drawing out the horror until it ceased to be suspenseful.
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