Description: Over the course of his three-decade career, Ruff has taken up many approaches to photography in his investigation into the status of the image in contemporary culture. In Thomas Ruff, the artist presents new work that continues his ongoing probe into the history, processes, techniques, and technology of photography..
Brief description: In his considered approach to the means and possibilities of photography, Thomas Ruff (b. 1958) explores a breadth of themes that is reflected in the range of techniques he employs: analogue and digital exposures taken by the artist exist in his practice alongside computer generated imagery, photographs from scientific archives, and pictures culled and manipulated from newspapers, magazines, and the Internet. Born in 1958 in Zell am Harmersbach, Germany, Ruff attended the Staatlichen Kunstakademie in Dusseldorf from 1977 to 1985.
Review Quotes: "For decades now Thomas Ruff has been recontextualizing and repurposing the photographic image in intriguing ways that challenge audiences to rethink what photography is and can be."--Gemma Padley "Elephant"