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Thomas Demand | 
 enlarge | Authors: Jeffrey Eugenides, Roxana Marcoci, Thomas Demand
Publisher: The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 215819
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 144
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.6
Dimensions (in): 13.2 x 10.1 x 0.9
ISBN: 0870700804
Dewey Decimal Number: 779.092
EAN: 9780870700804
ASIN: 0870700804
Publication Date: March 15, 2005
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Condition: Brand-new book in absolute MINT CONDITION: no use, no wear, no marks, no damage
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Product Description
German artist Thomas Demand occupies a singular position in the world of photography. Initially he took up photography to record his ephemeral paper constructions, but in 1993 he turned the tables by making constructions in order to photograph them. Demand begins by translating a preexisting image, usually culled from the media, into a life-size model he makes out of colored paper and cardboard. He recreates a room, a parking lot, a staircase, a landscape--then he photographs the model and destroys it. Demand's photographs appear at once compellingly real and strangely artificial. Since their subjects--handcrafted facsimiles of both architectural spaces and natural environments--are themselves built in the image of other images, the photographs are three times removed from the scenes they seek to depict. Combining craftsmanship and conceptualism in equal parts, Demand pushes the medium of photography toward uncharted frontiers. Given the cinematic quality of many of his photographs, it is not surprising that he has set some of them in motion, producing five 35mm films. This comprehensive publication presents all of Demand's major works from 1993 to the present. It includes previously unpublished archival documentation, and offers compelling insight into his working process and the stories behind his pictures.
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well documented and printed August 9, 2005
11 out of 13 found this review helpful
This book is actually the catalog book for Thomas Demand's exhibtion at the "Foundation Cartier" in Paris in 2000-2001.
All important early works to 2000 are presented. The texts are well presented describing Demand's ideas and thoughts. Since his works are photographs, the quality of the printing is important, and this book did a good job. It is printed on heavy white gloss paper and the color printing is very good. The negative of this book is the format. Many of the works are not printed on single page but takes two page, and often the spine/center detracts the image. There are some foldouts pictures to circumvent this problem but once again, it is folded, and you see the crease. Artbooks such as these should either be bigger or use the horizontal format so there will be no split images or creases.
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