Thomas Demand | Sprüth Magers, London

Thomas Demand, Pond, 2020. C-print/Diasec. 200 × 399 cm78 3/4 × 157 inches. © Thomas Demand, VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, 2021 Courtesy Sprüth Magers.

Thomas Demand presents his fourth exhibition in the London gallery, Sprüth Magers, on view until May 15, 2021. The exhibition features new large-scale photographic works by Demand and a selection from the latest iteration of his Model Studies series, focused on the atelier of the late fashion designer Azzedine Alaïa. Demand uses sculptural objects to convey a series of ideas, a means of making sense of information.

Thomas Demand, Nursery, 2020. C-print/Diasec. 190 × 260 cm 74 7/8 × 102 3/8 inches. © Thomas Demand, VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, 2021 Courtesy Sprüth Magers.

The German artist is known for creating life-size models with meticulous detail, then photographing, and destroying them. In Pond and Nursery, two new works on view, he contrasts our traditional notion of the natural world with the high tech realities of modern agriculture. The artificiality of the artificially made image showing an artificial production is emblematic of Demand’s practice—his innate ability to question his photographic truth.

Thomas Demand,Towhee, 2020. Framed pigment print. 110 × 145 cm 43 1/4 × 57 inches 135 × 172 cm (framed) 53 1/8 × 67 3/4 inches (framed). © Thomas Demand, VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, 2021 Courtesy Sprüth Magers.

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The exhibition is on view at Sprüth Magers London until until May 15, 2021.

7A Grafton Street, London, W1S 4EJ