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Thomas Ruff: 1979 to the Present

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All fields of contemporary Western life are captured by the lens of Thomas Ruff's large-format camera: petit bourgeois homes in the provinces and suburbs; modernist and current architectural structures; the startlingly alien faces of fellow human beings; the technologically sophisticated observation of outer space; studies of local neighborhoods by night; the news industry's non-stop invention of pictures; changing views on how we feel about our bodies; and modifications in perceptions through the pictorial explosion of the Internet. Since the early 1980s, Thomas Ruff has created a substantial photographic oeuvre in which he draws our attention to all of these familiar subjects, simultaneously marshalling a precise, fascinating rendition of our perceptual universe and a conceptually matter-of-fact presentation of untold layers of meaning and photographic premises. This catalogue gathers, for the first time, all of the work he has created since 1979, placing his most important and familiar works in the context of his entire oeuvre. Substantial reproductions are accompanied by scholarly essays, an annotated catalogue raisonn� of works since 1979 and an illustrated biography.

272 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 2003

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December 29, 2019
De la escuela de Düsseldorf Ruff no es mi favorito. Pero creo que es el que lleva el discurso más claro de esa generación, la superación de la técnica y su consecuente experimentación con la luz. No es un erudito de la composición como Wall o un virtuoso como Sasse, ni ostenta tanto como Gursky. Aun así su obra de caracteriza por la diversidad, desde formatos poco útiles como la visión nocturna o la fotografía espacial, hasta cosas mas “excéntricas” como capturas de películas porno o sus JPEGS, hasta llegar al extremo de capturar frecuencia de onda #ramdon, indudablemente todo lo que se ha podido hacer lo ha hecho, en ese aspecto me recuerda a Gerhard Richter #alemanes.

Pero para mí siempre estará el primer encuentro con aquella escuela y su constante desafío por la simpleza. Su serie de interiores siempre será mi obra favorita, nunca superada, la cumbre de todo gran artista siempre estará en el grado de abstracción presentado en lo mundano. Esa serie, elegante y simple demuestra todo el desarrollo de su obra posterior. Gran fotógrafo, miembro de esa gran estirpe de los Becher.
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March 24, 2009
his portrait photography is some of the best but he has some other stuff that is nsfh (not-safe-for-home)
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