Thomas Demand Editions

Discover the intricate world of Thomas Demand‘s limited editions, where meticulously crafted scenes are captured with photographic precision. Ideal for savvy contemporary art collectors, these photographs and prints offer a unique blend of sculptural detail and photographic realism.

Thomas Demand, in full Thomas Cyrill Demand, is a German sculptor and photographer who creates large scale, illusionistic photographs. Demand began his career as a sculptor and took up photography to record the works he created from paper. Today, he creates models only to photograph them and destroys them once documented.  His works are recreations of images from the media, which he transforms into life-size paper and cardboard models. The places Thomas Demand reconstructs, although appearing banal, often depict politically or historically significant locations such as the bunker where an assassination attempt was made on Adolf Hitler. Once the models are photographed and destroyed, the photograph is the only remaining record, lending a certain air of of mystery to his practice. Thomas Demand’s photographs question the faithfulness of the photographic medium, and create a disquieting balance between what is real and what is artificial. His images often suggest recent activity yet are devoid of people. Demand’s images demonstrate a dedication to exploring the inner workings of social and historical memory. The artist has been the subject of solo exhibitions at major institutions including Fondazione Prada, Venice; Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin; Serpentine Gallery, London; Museum of Modern Art, New York; and Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk. He represented Germany at the 26th São Paulo Biennale in Brazil in 2004. Thomas Demand was born in Munich, Germany in 1964.

Auction record: US$413k, Phillips, 2015

Thomas Demand Editions

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