Main entry:

Demand, Thomas, 1964- artist.

Title & Author:

Thomas Demand : model studies I & II / [Editors, Thomas Demand, Esther Dörring ; Translator, Bernhard Geyer].

Publication:

Chicago : Graham Foundation ; Köln : Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, [2015]

Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 40 cm

Notes:
Issued in conjunction with an exhibition held at Raketenstation Hombroich, October 5-December 6, 2015.
Title from jacket cover.
Printed in part on double leaves.
Reproductions of Thomas Demand's photos of architectural models by John Lautner and by the architectural firm SANAA.
Includes essay by Joseph Grima.
Title from cover.
Includes bibliographical references.
I. John Lautner, 2011 : Concannon 58, 37 ; Beyer 15, 34 ; Goldstein 08, 98, 90, 13 ; Marina Fine Arts 23, 91,37, 31 ; Franklyn 61, 53, 05 ; Townsend 31, 32, 25 ; Kirk Wood 15, 99 ; Hope 98, 09 ; Turner 31 ; Haagen Beach 34, 44 ; Wood 98, 15, 12, 13 ; Segel 76, 25, 49 -- II. SANAA, 2015 : Department store 70 ; Kindergarten 22 ; Sphere 39, 31 ; Plaza 23 ; Learning center 43 ; Museum H 64, 9 ; Printing factory 56, 49 ; Office 29 ; Academy 55 ; Chapel 68 ; Library 92 ; Publishing house 64 ; Theater 1 ; Temple 54 ; Learning center 50 ; Learning center 50 ; Sphere 93, 17 ; Dormitory 3 ; University 50 ; Farm 31.
Parallel texts in German and English translations.
Dust jacket.
Texts in German and English.

Summary:

Models are generally understood as filtered interpretations of the environment, without the distraction of a multitude of various stimulations. In architecture they lean toward the utopian, showing how much better things could be: neither details nor decay can obfuscate the splendor of the new development on display. My own association with models has often taken advantage of the untouched and timeless quality they can offer. Parallel to those efforts, the materiality and transitory potential of paper and cardboard as such - materials we are all rather familiar with, in terms of makeshift projects and provisional usefulness- have not only moved from the margins of my studio to the center of my attention, but have also prompted a different approach. Looking at the details and the little pockets, edges, and coincidental collocations of the objects in front of me allowed me to emphasize their sculptural potential in an abstracted composition, instead of reading them as identifiable renderings of buildings. Taking this detour, this may well be my most photographic work to date, looking closely at someone else's models and process in a workshop which could be my own - but isn't. (Thomas Demand) -- Dust jacket.

ISBN:

9783863357801 (pbk.)
3863357809 (pbk.)

Subject:

Demand, Thomas, 1964- Exhibitions.
Lautner, John, 1911-1994.
Demand, Thomas, 1964-
Demand, Thomas 1964-
SANAA Ltd.
Art, German 21st century Exhibitions.
Photography, Artistic Exhibitions.
Paper art Exhibitions.
Models and modelmaking In art Exhibitions.
Photographie artistique Expositions.
Art du papier Expositions.
Modèles réduits Dans l'art Expositions.
Art, German
Models and modelmaking
Paper art
Photography, Artistic
Fotografie
Architekturmodell

Form/genre:

artists' books (books)
exhibition catalogs.
works of art.
Artists' books
Art
Exhibition catalogs
Catalogues d'exposition.
Œuvres d'art.
Livres d'artistes.
Exhibition publications.

Added entries:

Dörring, Esther.
Grima, Joseph.
Geyer, Bernhard.
Geyer, Bernhard. translator
Lautner, John, 1911-1994, architect
Museum Insel Hombroich.
SANAA Ltd. architect

Model studies I & II

Holdings:

Location: Library main m 290948
Call No.: BIB 234204
Status: Available