Beschreibung:

"Nudes yv 16". 2000/printed 2001. Iris print on rag paper. 35,8 x 24 cm (75 x 60 cm). Signed by the photographer and editioned 17/50 in pencil on the verso. Thomas Ruff's oeuvre is exceptionally diverse while still following a continuous artistic line. Interested early on in the technical side of photography, Ruff experimented not only with the camera and the lens, but was also interested in various modes of depiction. In his "Nudes" series, Ruff used pornographic images from the internet and reworked them digitally to create anonymous images in which the pornographic content is still visible yet removed from its original context. Referring to this series, the inside flap of the dustjacket of the book Nudes states: "He gathers from that virtual playground erotic and often pornographic images that he subsequently manipulates on his computer by enlarging, coloring and blurring them. The end result is beautiful yet disturbing artwork from visual material that, for better or worse, is probably more abundant than any other type of image in our world today. In contrast to Ruff's earlier portraits, in which he highlighted every detail of his subject down to the last pore, these photographs have an abstract, often ethereal quality that at first glance belies their erotic content." – Traces of previous mounting on the verso, otherwise in excellent condition. Exhibition: Used for the poster for the exhibition Thomas Ruff Nudes und Maschinen . Kestner Gesellschaft Hanover 2003. Lit.: Thomas Ruff Nudes. New York 2003.