Museum Photographs series
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Museum Photographs series is a body of large-scale color photographs by Thomas Struth that depict visitors observing artworks in major museums, exploring the relationship between art, space, and spectatorship.
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| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Museum Photographs | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
artwork series
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photographic series ⓘ |
| aim |
to explore the relationship between art, space, and spectatorship
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to record how people behave in museums ⓘ |
| concept |
collective viewing
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cultural tourism ⓘ documentation of social behavior in museums ⓘ gaze ⓘ institutional critique ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| creator | Thomas Struth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
architectural spaces of museums
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famous canonical artworks ⓘ groups of people observing art ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt |
Hamburger Kunsthalle
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Kunsthaus Zürich NERFINISHED ⓘ Marian Goodman Gallery NERFINISHED ⓘ Museum of Modern Art, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ Tate Modern NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
color photography
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contemporary photography ⓘ |
| hasPart |
photographs of visitors in front of Old Master paintings
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photographs of visitors in sculpture galleries ⓘ “Audience” (Louvre) photographs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasQuality |
frontally composed
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high detail ⓘ large scale ⓘ |
| inception | 1989 ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
New Topographics
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conceptual art ⓘ documentary photography ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | none (visual artwork) ⓘ |
| locationDepicted |
Galleria dell’Accademia, Florence
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Louvre Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ Museo del Prado NERFINISHED ⓘ National Gallery, London NERFINISHED ⓘ Uffizi Gallery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
artworks in museums
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museum interiors ⓘ museum visitors ⓘ public space of the museum ⓘ relationship between viewer and artwork ⓘ spectatorship ⓘ |
| movement | contemporary art ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Thomas Struth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Thomas Struth’s photographic oeuvre ⓘ |
| publisher | various contemporary art galleries ⓘ |
| technique |
C-print
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large-scale color photography ⓘ |
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Museum Photographs