The shapes have a patina and biography, very different to my own models.
Thomas Demand
bluethroat 2020
Pigment print
Thomas Demand
wren 2020
Pigment print
Thomas Demand
tanager 2020
Pigment print
Small markings, penciled measurements, and diverse materials fit together like puzzle pieces, revealing an intimate sense of scale, but also the intimacy of creation and the model’s role in it.
Thomas Demand
meadowlark 2020
Pigment print
It’s the sculptural presence, and the traces of someone’s practice, of understanding and remodeling, which raised my attention.
Thomas Demand
chaffinch 2020
Pigment print
Thomas Demand on his Model Studies series
Thomas Demand
towhee 2020
Pigment print
If my work were to become too abstract then it would all become a pointless exercise. To be something, the image has to stay on the very edge of nearly becoming something.
Thomas Demand
bunting 2020
Pigment print
Thomas Demand
grosbeak 2020
Pigment print
Demand’s fascination with other people’s models stems from the fact that they are the result of someone thinking through a concept with their hands: they are tools for thinking, for communicating thoughts in a universal language.