{"id":127,"name":"","email":"kaat.vannieuwenhuyse@muhka.be","language_id":1,"permalink":"thomas-ruff","deleted":false,"legal_status_id":47,"url_1":"http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/aipe/thomas_ruff.htm","twitter":null,"category_id":47,"date_of_birth":"1958-01-01T00:00:00.000+01:00","place_of_birth":null,"country_of_birth":null,"place_of_residence":null,"country_of_residence":null,"cached_privileges_list":"User","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"can_log_in":false,"firstname":"Thomas","lastname":"Ruff","annotation":"","url_2":"","url_3":"","cached_name":"Thomas Ruff","date_of_death":null,"cached_name_asc":"Ruff, Thomas","stream_count_app":32,"gender":"other","platform_admin":null,"description_ca":null,"short_description_ca":null,"description_it":null,"short_description_it":null,"hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":null,"short_description_uk":null,"description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/017/165/large/Ruff_Thomas_220507_koeln_museum_ludwig.jpg?1368536736","poster_credits":"(c)image: Hans Peter Schaefer","media_count":1,"items_count":2,"translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThomas Ruff\u003c/strong\u003e was taught by the influential photographer couple Bernd and Hilla Becher at the D\u0026uuml;sseldorf Academy and in their home studio. The \u003cem\u003eBecher School\u003c/em\u003e refers to both the (physical) school and the first students graduating from it, many of them becoming highly successful photographers. Since the early 1980s, Ruff is very famous on an international level.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eThomas Ruff\u0026#39;s oeuvre consists of photo\u0026#39;s, sometimes almost 3 meters in height, of neoclassic buildings, houses and factories, starry skies and uniform, monolithic portraits. These are series of \u0026#39;objective\u0026#39;, documentary photographs with titles like \u003cem\u003ePortr\u0026auml;ts\u003c/em\u003e (portraits), \u003cem\u003eHa\u0026uuml;ser\u003c/em\u003e (houses) \u003cem\u003eZeitungsfotos\u003c/em\u003e (newspaper pictures) or \u003cem\u003eSterne\u003c/em\u003e (stars). Ruff describes his photographs as \u0026#39;documents of disbelief.\u0026#39; He is skeptical about the idea of the photograph as evidence. To him, the technological process, with all its possible manipulations, is central. Each visual device betrays its purpose. Photography always provides opportunities for manipulation and is therefore open to abuse.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eSome of Ruff\u0026#39;s works deal with the political dimension of the such possible manipulations. He shows for example large format computer montages in which he mocks and exposes the complacent attitude of politicians.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThomas Ruff\u003c/strong\u003e behoort tot de bijzonder succesvolle Duitse fotografieschool en kreeg les van het invloedrijke fotografenkoppel Bernd \u0026amp; Hilla Becher aan de Academie van D\u0026uuml;sseldorf. Sinds het begin van de jaren 1980 maakt hij internationaal furore.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eHet oeuvre van Thomas Ruff bestaat uit metershoge foto\u0026rsquo;s van neoclassicistische gebouwen, huizen en fabrieken, sterrenhemels en uniforme, monolithische portretten. Het zijn reeksen zakelijke, documentaire foto\u0026rsquo;s met titels zoals \u003cem\u003ePortr\u0026auml;ts\u003c/em\u003e (portretten), \u003cem\u003eHa\u0026uuml;ser\u003c/em\u003e (huizen), \u003cem\u003eZeitungsfotos\u003c/em\u003e (krantenfoto\u0026rsquo;s) of \u003cem\u003eSterne\u003c/em\u003e (sterren). Ruff beschrijft zijn foto\u0026rsquo;s als \u0026lsquo;documenten van ongeloof\u0026rsquo;. Hij is sceptisch tegenover de foto als bewijsstuk. Het technisch proced\u0026eacute; met alle mogelijkheden tot manipulatie staat voor hem centraal. Elk visueel apparaat laat zien wat het wil. De fotografie biedt altijd mogelijkheden tot manipulatie en bijgevolg tot misbruik.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eEen aantal van zijn werken behandelt de politieke dimensie van die manipulatiemogelijkheden. Zo toont hij computermontages van groot formaat waarin hij de zelfgenoegzame houding van politici ironiseert en ontmaskert.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"ru","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"es","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","short_description":"","description":""}],"locations":[{"country":"","place":"Zell am Harmersbach","category":{"en":"Born in","nl":"Geboren in","fr":"Né à"}},{"country":"","place":"Düsseldorf","category":{"en":"Lives in","nl":"Leeft in","fr":"Vit à"}}]}