Douglas Gordon

Douglas Gordon is one of the few contemporary artists who genuinely rewired how I think about time and attention. Stretching Hitchcock's Psycho across a full 24 hours is such a simple gesture, yet it turns watching itself into the subject; it gave me chills the first time I understood it. He is labelled painter, photographer, sculptor, but I read all of it as one obsession: the slipperiness of memory and perception. Winning the Turner Prize in 1996 felt less like a coronation than a warning that this Glaswegian would keep unsettling us. Based in Berlin now, he remains, to me, beautifully untrustworthy in the best way.

Name (English)

Douglas Gordon

Name (Japanese)

ダグラス・ゴードン

Reading

だぐらす・ごーどん

Born

September 20, 1966 (age 59)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Horse

Origin

Glasgow, United Kingdom

Occupation

painter / artist / printmaker / photographer / sculptor

Awards & achievements

• 1996 Turner Prize

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%80%E3%82%B0%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B4%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%B3

Tags

• painter
• artist
• printmaker

Last updated

2026-06-02

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