Porträts
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Porträts is a photographic series by German artist Thomas Ruff featuring large-format, passport-style portraits that explore identity, anonymity, and the nature of photographic representation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Porträts canonical | 1 |
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artwork
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photographic series ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
institutional photography formats
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issues of surveillance and documentation ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| creator | Thomas Ruff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
contemporaries of the artist
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friends and acquaintances of Thomas Ruff ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt | museums and galleries internationally ⓘ |
| explores |
bureaucratic uses of portrait photography
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objectivity in photographic images ⓘ role of photography in constructing identity ⓘ tension between individuality and standardization ⓘ |
| genre |
conceptual photography
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portrait photography ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
frontal head-and-shoulders views
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high resolution ⓘ large scale prints ⓘ neutral facial expressions ⓘ plain backgrounds ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | later conceptual portrait practices ⓘ |
| inception | 1980s ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Bernd and Hilla Becher’s typological method ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | German ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
anonymity
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identity ⓘ photographic representation ⓘ |
| medium |
chromogenic prints
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color photography ⓘ |
| movement |
Düsseldorf School of Photography
NERFINISHED
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contemporary art ⓘ |
| notableFor |
impersonal and typological approach to sitters
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monumental scale of otherwise conventional portraits ⓘ questioning authenticity of photographic likeness ⓘ |
| partOf | Thomas Ruff’s early major bodies of work ⓘ |
| publicationType | often reproduced in art catalogues ⓘ |
| titleTranslation | Portraits ⓘ |
| usesTechnique |
large-format photography
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passport-style portraiture ⓘ |
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