I have always been interested in working models–more so than in the neatly finished models that the architect shows to the client, because there the design is already more or less fixed and the focus is on the formal elements. I like more the rough, working instrument that’s been handled.… Continue reading Thomas Demand
Demand makes mural-scale photographs, but instead of finding his subject matter in landscapes, buildings, and crowds, he uses paper and cardboard to reconstruct scenes he finds in images taken from various media sources. Continue reading Thomas Demand
In contrast to his usual practice of depicting scenes that are typically culled from news media, Demand created the Dailies by sourcing his personal cell phone photographs. Continue reading Thomas Demand
+ Thomas Demand . Matthew Marks Gallery
Thomas Demand studied with the sculptor Fritz Schwegler, who encouraged him to explore the expressive possibilities of architectural models at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, where Bernd and Hilla Becher had recently taught photographers such as Andreas Gursky, Thomas Struth, and Candida Höfer. Continue reading Thomas Demand
