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Copyright the artist | | | Ruff, Thomas (1958 - ) Germany
Sterne 1h 55m -30º, Ed. 1/2, 1989
Colour photograph; 257.8 x 186 cm 80's
UID 102-504
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Biography
German photographer who studied at the Dusseldorf Academy between 1977 and 1985, under Becher. He did single portraits of his family and friends and large coloured portraits of heads in a sober, documentary-like style. After 1987, he photographed German buildings selected according to his personal interest, rather than their style or characteristics. In 1988, he received a fund for young artists awarded by the Nordrhein-Westfalen state and, in 1989, he produced black and white photographs of the night sky using material from the South Europe Observatory. In 1992, he participated in the Documenta 9 in Kassel and, in 1995, at the Venice Biennale. In the mid 90s, he began making synthetic computer manipulated portraits.
Exhibitions
Here and Now: On Minimal Art in The Berardo Collection Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 18-10-2003 ~ 22-02-2004
Photography in The Berardo Collection Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 01-02-2005 ~ 30-04-2005
The Berardo Collection Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 17-05-1997 ~ 31-08-1997
Nova Apresentação da Colecção Berardo Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 08-11-1999 ~ 01-03-2000
Territórios Singulares na Colecção Berardo Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 22-10-2002 ~ 28-02-2003
Face - a - Face Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 02-10-2001 ~ 30-04-2001
Berardo Museum Museu Colecção Berardo, Portugal 25-06-2007 ~ 16-09-2007
Ars Itineris SECC SOC. Estatal Conmemoraciones Cultural - Sala Amós Salva, Spain 01-06-2010 ~ 30-10-2010
Observers Museu Colecção Berardo, Portugal 14-02-2011 ~ 29-05-2011
Bibliography
Here and Now: On Minimal Art in The Berardo Collection, 2003 Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo ISBN 972990300X
Christie's, Contemporary Art (Part II), 1993 Published by Christie's
Territórios Singulares na Colecção Berardo, 2002 Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo ISBN 972974288X
The Berardo Collection – Sintra Museum of Modern Art, 1996 Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo ISBN 9729739105
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