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thomas demand: paper and cardboard sculptures
at neue nationalgalerie berlin
18. september 2009 - 17. january 2010
thomas demand, büro, 1995 © thomas demand, VG bild-kunst, bonn 2009
this extensive solo show is taken up by one of the most important themes in the artist's
richly diverse body of work: germany. the 40 or so works on display deal with social and
historical events that have taken place in germany, predominantly since 1945.
it is no coincidence therefore that the exhibition also coincides with the anniversaries of
two pivotal historical events in german history: the foundation of the federal republic of
germany 60 years ago and the fall of the berlin wall 20 years ago.thomas demand's art
transcends the generic constraints of the photographic medium.
thomas demand, klause 1, 2006 © thomas demand, VG bild-kunst, bonn 2009
the artist (born in munich in 1962) often culls his subjects from reports in the
mass media, using them as the starting point to create expansive sculptures
out of paper and cardboard which transpose the two-dimensional original into
three-dimensional form. the artist then photographs these spatial (re)constructions
made out of paper with a large format camera, before ultimately destroying them.
direct human activity, finer details and figures captured on film are not transferred from
the original photographs into the life-size sculptures. what remains are phantom images
of 'crime scenes' of missing events which often appear just as familiar to us as they are
impalpable. accompanying the works in the exhibition are picture commentaries by botho
strauß, created especially for the show which,rather than trying to give straightforward
explanations of the works, open them up to new ways of interpretation as textual pieces
in their own right.
thomas demand, raum 1994 © thomas demand, VG bild-kunst, bonn 2009
the exhibition is accompanied by a publication and an extensive, weekly series of lectures
entitled ‘how german is it?'. each week, artists, politicians, scientists, film-makers, authors,
sociologists, leaders of business and economists from both home and abroad give a talk
on aspects of german culture, society and history, using one of the works on display as
their starting point. the exhibition has been made possible by the verein der freunde der
nationalgalerie and is sponsored by E.ON.
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