Thomas Ruff (born Thomas Ruff; 1958 in Zell-on-Harmersbach , Germany , lives and works in Düsseldorf , Germany ) is a modern German photographer and artist . One of the important representatives of the Dusseldorf School of Photography .
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| Date of Birth | February 10, 1958 (61 years) |
| Place of Birth | Zell am Harmersbach , Germany |
| Citizenship |  Germany |
| Genre | the photo |
| Study | National Academy of the Arts, Düsseldorf |
| Awards | Hans-Thoma Preis (2003) |
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Content
Education
- National Academy of the Arts, Düsseldorf
Creativity
- From early portraits to the most recent episode with enlarged images downloaded from the Internet , Ruff explores the limits of photography. As a continuation of its Nudes and Substrate series, the latest jpeg series uses familiar images from the Internet to study the transformation and degeneration of images that have undergone electronic distribution. His monumental prints of poor-quality images with visible pixels create an almost impressionistic effect. Ruff explores the processes associated with the digitalization of images and its influence on photography and collective memory .
- During his studies, Ruff developed his conceptual serial photography method . Its first major theme was the interiors of German living quarters, with typical features from the 1950s to the 1970s ( Interior 12B, 1980 ). This was followed by similar series with views of buildings ( Haus Nr. 8 III, 1988 ) and portraits of friends and acquaintances made in the spirit of passport shots, (for example, portrait (R. Huber) , 1988).
- These series were followed in 1989 by a series with images of the night sky, which was no longer based on photographs of Ruff himself ( Stern 17h 51m / -22 , 1990).
- From 1992 to 1995, Ruff took night shots with a night-vision device that looked like military or spyware ( Nacht 14 I , 1993 ).
- In 1994 - 1996 , the Stereoscopy series was created.
- The following series in the 1990s were based on photographs from newspapers. Ruff used pictures of others in the same vein as in the series with the night sky.
- In 2003, Ruff published the Nudes series with the text of the French author Michel Huelbeck . Images were based on pornography from the Internet.
- In 2008, Thomas Ruff temporarily put off his favorite medium, a photograph, to experiment with drawings on canvas. The new zycles series ( 2008 ) consists of large works depicting lines floating on the surface in an elegant dance of geometric shapes. Ruff uses three-dimensional modeling software to translate mathematical cycles into impressive structures. Although far from Ruff's previous works, these images reflect the artist’s interest in reproduction techniques.
Solo exhibitions
- 2005 Thomas Ruff, JPEGs, Mai 36, Zurich
- 2005 JPEGs , David Zwirner, New York
- 2004 Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin
- 2004 Thomas Ruff, Arario Gallery, Chungnam, South Korea
- 2004 Galerie Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne, Germany
- 2004 Thomas Ruff: Les Ouvres de la collection Pierre Huber, MAMCO Musee d'art moderne et contemporain, Genf, France
- 2003 Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich
- 2003 David Zwirner, New York
- 2003 Philip Nelson, Paris
- 2003 Thomas Ruff: Fotografias, 1979 - Hoje, Museu de Arte Contemporanea de Serralves, Porto, Portugal
- 2003 Thomas Ruff: Photographs 1979 to Present. Tate Liverpool, Liverpool
- 2003 Thomas Ruff: Hans-Thoma-Preis 2003, Hans-Thoma-Museum, Bernau, Germany
- 2003 Thomas Ruff, Centrum Sztuki Wspólczesnej Zamek Ujazdowski, Warsaw
- 2003 Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich
- 2003 Nudes und Maschinen, Kestner Gesellschaft, Hanover
- 2003 Galerie Wilma Tolksdorf, Frankfurt
- 2003 Thomas Ruff, Pusan Metropolitan Art Museum, Busan, South Korea
- 2003 Galerie Lia Rumma, Mailand, Italy
- 2002 lmvdr, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin
- 2002 Thomas Ruff, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
- 2002 Thomas Ruff: Photographs 1979 to Present, Museet for Samtidskunst, Oslo
- 2002 lmvdr, Galeria Estrany De La Mota, Barcelona
- 2002 Identificaciones, Museo Tamayo, Mihiko
- 2002 Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo
- 2002 Thomas Ruff, Artium Centro Museo Vasco de Arte Contemporaneo, Vitoria Spain
- 2002 Thomas Ruff, Essor Gallery, London
- 2001 Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich
- 2001 Chabot Museum, Rotterdam
- 2001 Essor Gallery, London
- 2001 Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich
- 2001 Thomas Ruff: Photographs 1979 to Present, Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden
- 2001 Malkasten, Düsseldorf
- 2001 Zwirner & Wirth, New York
- 2001 David Zwirner, New York
- 2001 Galeria Helga de Alvear, Madrid
- 2001 Galerie Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne
Awards
- 2003 Hans-Thoma Preis, Germany