Jpegs (Forest) , 2006
121.92 cms x 91.44 cms (48 ins x 36 ins)
Ed. 18/45
Lot offered for sale by BYDealers, Montréal at the auction event "Evelyn Aimis Fine Art - Collector's Choice: International & Canadian" held on Tue, Jun 23, 2020.
Lot 26
Lot 26
Estimate: CAD $6,000 - $16,000
Realised: CAD $6,600
Realised: CAD $6,600
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM 2007, Private Collection / Collection particulière
Notes:
Framed (not examined out of the frame) / Encadrée (non examinée hors de son cadre)
Thomas Ruff (B. 1958) is a photographer from Germany. Ruff uses various photographic techniques to display the extensiveness of his themes and subjects by employing digital and analogue exposures, computer generated imagery, photo from methodical archives, and images from internet and publications. In his works, Ruff often removes pictorial features, including perspective, horizon lines, and spatial depth, that reinforce the illusion that something essential about a person or thing has been captured. In JPEGs, Ruff successfully uses recognizable images of a forest and a cathedral, enlarged to a large format then stretched to become blurry to relay a very important message: that the emotional content of photography is in constant threat of disappearing. Ruff is is part of many collections worldwide including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Victoria & Albert Museum in London and is currently represented by David Zwirner Gallery in New York.
Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM 2007, Private Collection / Collection particulière
Notes:
Framed (not examined out of the frame) / Encadrée (non examinée hors de son cadre)
Thomas Ruff (B. 1958) is a photographer from Germany. Ruff uses various photographic techniques to display the extensiveness of his themes and subjects by employing digital and analogue exposures, computer generated imagery, photo from methodical archives, and images from internet and publications. In his works, Ruff often removes pictorial features, including perspective, horizon lines, and spatial depth, that reinforce the illusion that something essential about a person or thing has been captured. In JPEGs, Ruff successfully uses recognizable images of a forest and a cathedral, enlarged to a large format then stretched to become blurry to relay a very important message: that the emotional content of photography is in constant threat of disappearing. Ruff is is part of many collections worldwide including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Victoria & Albert Museum in London and is currently represented by David Zwirner Gallery in New York.
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(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with BYDealers auction house for permission to use.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with BYDealers auction house for permission to use.