Lot n° 126
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THOMAS RUFF 1958- - Lot 126
THOMAS RUFF 1958-
"Machines", Hatje Cantz, 2004, 104p.
Book. Signed edition by Thomas Ruff.
In-8° (24.5 x 28.5 cm)
Arguably the most versatile artist of the Düsseldorf School, Thomas Ruff reinvents himself as an artist, both conceptually and aesthetically, with each new work. From architectural photography to portraits, aerial views and urban landscapes to color abstractions and Internet-derived nudes, Ruff constantly questions the meanings given to photography. This book presents for the first time his most recent work, the images known as "Machines". In this series, Ruff borrows from the image archives of a Düsseldorf machine factory, where he discovered glass negatives that had been used for commercial brochures. The artist scanned the negatives, then digitally altered their color and size. By freeing these images from their original context and reprocessing them, Ruff grants them pictorial autonomy. Thus, with the Machines series, Ruff not only studies the history of photography, but also questions fundamental issues such as how something can appear in an image, and how we perceive them.
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