Thomas Demand
- Introduction
- Thomas Cyrill Demand (born 1964) is a German sculptor and photographer. He currently lives and works in Berlin and Los Angeles, and teaches at the University of Fine Arts, Hamburg. Demand had his first solo exhibition at Tanit Galerie in Munich in 1992. In 2004 the Kunsthaus Bregenz mounted the first comprehensive presentation of Demand's major works from 1994 until 2004. Demand's work later was the subject of mid-career retrospectives at the Museum of Modern Art, New York in 2005 and at the Neue Nationalgalerie in 2009. Other solo exhibitions include Serpentine Gallery (2006), London, the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, the Fondazione Prada, Venice (both 2007), and the Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain, Paris (2001).
- Wikidata
- Q75532
- Introduction
- Known for his photographs of places that appear real but are actually models made of paper; these sterilized yet familiar models are based on photos of newsworthy sites; among other things, his process questions the objective status of film and photography. German designer and photographer, Munich.
- Nationalities
- German, American
- Gender
- Male
- Roles
- Artist, Designer, Photographer
- Name
- Thomas Demand
- Ulan
- 500114906
Exhibitions
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A World of Its Own: Photographic Practices in the Studio
Feb 8–Nov 2, 2014
MoMA
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September 11
Sep 11, 2011–Jan 9, 2012
MoMA PS1
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Photography Rotation Summer 2009
May 29–Sep 14, 2009
MoMA
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The Gold Standard
Oct 29, 2006–Jan 15, 2007
MoMA PS1
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Thomas Demand
Mar 4–May 30, 2005
MoMA
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Thomas Demand has
10 exhibitionsonline.
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Thomas Demand Room (Zimmer) 1996
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Thomas Demand Studio 1997
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Thomas Demand Pit (Grube) 1999
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Thomas Demand Gangway (for Parkett no. 62) 2001
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Tacita Dean, Thomas Demand, John Wesley, Various Artists Parkett no. 62 2001
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Thomas Demand Poll 2001
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Thomas Demand Clearing 2003
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Thomas Demand Trick 2004
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Thomas Demand Kitchen 2004
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Thomas Demand Scheinprobleme in der Philosophie Das Fremdpsychische und der Realismusstreit from the series Ex Libris 2006 (originally published 1928)
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