Thomas Demand in conversation
with Judy Annear, senior curator of photographs
Thomas Demand is a Berlin-based artist. He is known for his highly luminous and compelling photography of 1:1 models, which he constructs from paper and cardboard. The models are often based on pre-existing photographs or press images and are destroyed once the photograph is taken. Demand’s practice interlaces sculpture, architecture and photography and forces us to reconsider our perceptions of a highly mediated world.
Demand studied at the Düsseldorf Academy and at Goldsmiths College in London. He has exhibited extensively internationally, including a retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art, New York in 2005. Currently he is a Getty Scholar at the Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles.
In May 2011, Demand’s work will be on display in the new contemporary galleries as part of the John Kaldor Collection.
Thomas Demand Parlament / Parliament 2009, C-Print/Diasec, 180 × 223 cm © Thomas Demand, VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn / Viscopy
Wednesday 23 February 2011, 7.15pm
Free but bookings required
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Doors open at 7pm.
Late-comers will not be admitted.
Duration 1 hour
Location: Centenary Auditorium
