MACHINES, MASCHINEN - Thomas Ruff
In this series, German photographer Thomas Ruff, a representative of the Duss school, 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 and then digitally altered their color and size. By freeing these images from their original context and reworking them, Ruff grants them pictorial autonomy. Thus, with the Machines series, Ruff examines not only the history of photography, but also fundamental questions such as how something can appear in an image, how we perceive images and what role our assumptions about media play.
Catalog for the exhibition Thomas Ruff. Nudes und Maschinen organized by the Kestner Gesellschaft galerie in Hanover from December 5, 2003 to February 29, 2004.
Published by Hatje Cantz, 2003 (signed book)
24.5 cm x 28.5 cm, 104 pages, good condition
ISBN 3775714235
In this series, German photographer Thomas Ruff, a representative of the Duss school, 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 and then digitally altered their color and size. By freeing these images from their original context and reworking them, Ruff grants them pictorial autonomy. Thus, with the Machines series, Ruff examines not only the history of photography, but also fundamental questions such as how something can appear in an image, how we perceive images and what role our assumptions about media play.
Catalog for the exhibition Thomas Ruff. Nudes und Maschinen organized by the Kestner Gesellschaft galerie in Hanover from December 5, 2003 to February 29, 2004.
Published by Hatje Cantz, 2003 (signed book)
24.5 cm x 28.5 cm, 104 pages, good condition
ISBN 3775714235
In this series, German photographer Thomas Ruff, a representative of the Duss school, 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 and then digitally altered their color and size. By freeing these images from their original context and reworking them, Ruff grants them pictorial autonomy. Thus, with the Machines series, Ruff examines not only the history of photography, but also fundamental questions such as how something can appear in an image, how we perceive images and what role our assumptions about media play.
Catalog for the exhibition Thomas Ruff. Nudes und Maschinen organized by the Kestner Gesellschaft galerie in Hanover from December 5, 2003 to February 29, 2004.
Published by Hatje Cantz, 2003 (signed book)
24.5 cm x 28.5 cm, 104 pages, good condition
ISBN 3775714235
