thomas demand

Speaking of books on my post yesterday made me think about paper and what I know about its form and function. There is no better challenge of those ideas than the artist Thomas Demand. This contemporary German artist uses photography of news events and scenes as a model for recreating the scenes using paper and cardboard. He then photographs these life-sized models for larger than life photographic works. I like the contradiction; photos to paper back to photos. The very idea of what is real is turned completely on its head, and then turned sideways, for a richer, deeper look into our world.

Yes, everything is made of paper. Makes you really look at your notebook in a different way, doesn't it. - l.o.d.