DOUGLAS GORDON


The work of Douglas Gordon, born in Glasgow, epitomises a new fluidity, which has developed
between video and film in contemporary art. Douglas Gordon was awarded the Turner Prize in
London, 1996, the Premio 2000 at the Venice Biennale in 1997 and the Hugo Boss Prize in New
York, 1998. He has recently had major shows at the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris,
the Tate Liverpool and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. His work is in the major
collections of the Tate Gallery, the Centre Georges Pompidou (France), the New York Guggen-
heim Museum (USA) and the Hirschorn Smithsonian Museum in Washington D.C.


PHILIPPE PARRENO


Philippe Parreno, based in Paris, France, makes work that revolves around the nature of an
image. He often draws on existing material and enriches it with his own, mostly narrative ideas.
He has recently had major shows at the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, the Museum
of Modern Art in San Francisco and the Kunstverein Munich. He is a regular contributor to
'Domus' magazine and writes for many other art magazines. His work is part of the major col-
lections of the New York Museum of Modern Art (USA), the Walker Art Center (USA), the Centre
Georges Pompidou (France), the Paris Museum of Modern Art (France), the New York Guggen-
heim Museum (USA), the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Museum of the 21st
Century (Japan).