Thomas Demand
Stove
Thomas plays a game with his photography. The game is about the photo as image. Thomas builds paper and carboard models based on reality and photographs them. You are looking at a kitchen made out of cardboard and paper.
After Thomas is done photographing the models, he destroys them. Only the picture remains.
Thomas usually builds his models based on famous images or existing places. This kitchen for instance, was featured in a documentary about the 20th century German artist Joseph Beuys. When you see this room in the documentary Joseph is sitting down peeling potatoes. He is talking about one of his main artistic philosophies, Jeder Mensch ist ein Kunstler (every person is an artist). Joseph believed that everyone could make art and call themselves an artist.
Select an artwork that you have walked passed without giving it much thought. Look at it closely and do some research into it. Was