← Back to Artists
Artist
Thomas Ruff
b. 1958, Zell am Harmersbach, West Germany · German · Based in Düsseldorf, Germany
- Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
- Folkwang University of the Arts
- Monumental Portraiture
- Night Vision Photography
- Photograms
- JPEG Artifacts
Thomas Ruff has systematically tested what a photograph can be by moving from large, neutral portraits to architecture, astronomical images, night-vision photographs, internet pornography, JPEG compression and camera-less digital photograms. His work treats photographic genres as systems to be examined rather than styles to master.
Photography; digital image
Gallery Representation
Major Works
- 1981–91Porträts
- 1987–91Häuser
- 1989–92Sterne
- 1992–96Nächte
- 1999 onwardNudes
- 2004–08jpegs
- 2010–13ma.r.s.
- 2001–03Substrat
- 2012 onwardPhotograms
- 2015 onwardpress++
Museums & Public Collections
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
Related Artists