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Lot Essay
Lors de ses études à la Düsseldorf Art Academy, Thomas Ruff est exposé au travail de Gerhard Richter, artiste contemporain qui utilise des images de magazines comme support pour réaliser ses peintures, opérant un contraste entre la position sociale de l’objet tableau et l’image représentée. En s’inspirant de ce travail, Thomas Ruff sélectionne pour sa série Nudes des photographies sciemment explicites qu’il trouve sur l’océan d’images qui prolifèrent sur internet. Ce procédé de readymades photographiques est déjà employé par l’artiste pour sa série Stars, lorsqu’il acquiert et retravaille les photographies d’un fonds de l’European Southern Observatory (ESO) en 1989.
Avec Nudes, Thomas Ruff donne une nouvelle dimension à son travail de photographe sans appareil. Retouchées, agrandies, recadrées… L’artiste s’amuse à flouter tant les images représentées que les frontières entre les genres. Tirées en grands formats, sans préjugé, Ruff traite ces photographies pour ce qu’elles sont et non ce qu’elles représentent, créant des œuvres à l’esthétique radicale qui transcendent les disciplines. Dans ce contexte s’inscrit Ev03, photographie remarquable tant par sa composition synoptique que par le travail effectué sur les contrastes et les couleurs, offrant un ensemble vibrant et percutant.
During his studies at the Düsseldorf Art Academy, Thomas Ruff encountered the work of Gerhard Richter, and was influenced by his use of magazine images as source material for his paintings. Drawing inspiration from this work, Thomas Ruff selected images from the internet for his Nudes series, deliberately drawing on explicit photographs found online. This process of photographic ready-mades was already practiced by the artist for his Stars series, which saw him acquire and reworked photographs from a collection of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in 1989.
With Nudes, Thomas Ruff adds a new element to his photographic practice, that without use of a camera. Retouched, enlarged, cropped – the artist enjoys blurring both the images represented and the boundaries between the different genres. Printed in large formats, without prejudice, Ruff treats these photographs for what they are and not what they represent, creating radically aesthetic works that transcend disciplines. Ev03 clearly fits in this context as a photograph remarkable both for its synoptic composition and for the work carried out on contrasts and colors, offering a vibrant and impactful entity.
Avec Nudes, Thomas Ruff donne une nouvelle dimension à son travail de photographe sans appareil. Retouchées, agrandies, recadrées… L’artiste s’amuse à flouter tant les images représentées que les frontières entre les genres. Tirées en grands formats, sans préjugé, Ruff traite ces photographies pour ce qu’elles sont et non ce qu’elles représentent, créant des œuvres à l’esthétique radicale qui transcendent les disciplines. Dans ce contexte s’inscrit Ev03, photographie remarquable tant par sa composition synoptique que par le travail effectué sur les contrastes et les couleurs, offrant un ensemble vibrant et percutant.
During his studies at the Düsseldorf Art Academy, Thomas Ruff encountered the work of Gerhard Richter, and was influenced by his use of magazine images as source material for his paintings. Drawing inspiration from this work, Thomas Ruff selected images from the internet for his Nudes series, deliberately drawing on explicit photographs found online. This process of photographic ready-mades was already practiced by the artist for his Stars series, which saw him acquire and reworked photographs from a collection of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in 1989.
With Nudes, Thomas Ruff adds a new element to his photographic practice, that without use of a camera. Retouched, enlarged, cropped – the artist enjoys blurring both the images represented and the boundaries between the different genres. Printed in large formats, without prejudice, Ruff treats these photographs for what they are and not what they represent, creating radically aesthetic works that transcend disciplines. Ev03 clearly fits in this context as a photograph remarkable both for its synoptic composition and for the work carried out on contrasts and colors, offering a vibrant and impactful entity.