Kitchen
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"Kitchen" is a meticulously crafted photographic artwork by German artist Thomas Demand, known for its life-sized paper reconstruction of a domestic kitchen that blurs the line between reality and fabrication.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Kitchen (Thomas Demand) | 0 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
contemporary artwork
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photographic artwork ⓘ |
| artisticApproach |
simulation of real spaces
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staged photography ⓘ |
| artistNationality | German NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artMovement | contemporary conceptual art ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
constructed reality
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photographic indexicality questioned ⓘ simulation ⓘ |
| belongsToSeries | Thomas Demand’s photographs of paper reconstructions of interiors ⓘ |
| colorPalette | muted colors ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| creator | Thomas Demand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creatorInstanceOf | Thomas Demand is a German visual artist ⓘ |
| creatorKnownFor | Thomas Demand is known for photographing life-sized paper models of real spaces ⓘ |
| depicts | domestic kitchen interior ⓘ |
| detailLevel | highly detailed reconstruction ⓘ |
| displayContext | art museums and contemporary art galleries ⓘ |
| genre |
conceptual photography
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contemporary art ⓘ |
| imageType | large-scale print ⓘ |
| intendedEffect |
inviting close inspection of constructed details
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uncertainty about what is real and what is fabricated ⓘ |
| lighting | carefully controlled studio lighting ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
cardboard
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paper ⓘ |
| medium |
C-print
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color photography ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blurring boundaries between reality and fabrication
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life-sized paper reconstruction of a kitchen ⓘ |
| productionProcess | build paper model then photograph and destroy model ⓘ |
| scale | life-size model ⓘ |
| signatureCharacteristics |
absence of human figures
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slightly uncanny atmosphere ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
architecture and interiors
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everyday domestic space ⓘ |
| technique |
construction of full-scale paper model
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photographing constructed paper environment ⓘ |
| theme |
artificiality of photographic images
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memory and reconstruction ⓘ perception and reality ⓘ |
| workType | staged photograph of a constructed model ⓘ |
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