Archive, Matrix, Assembly: The Photographs of Thomas Struth 1978-2018 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781943532827)

Archive, Matrix, Assembly: The Photographs of Thomas Struth 1978-2018 presents the first comprehensive, systematic theory of contemporary German artist Thomas Struth's main body of photographic work from its beginnings in the late 1970s until his most recent work in 2018.

The book presents a unique, evolutionary understanding of the work, proposing that it has established three stages of production: archive, matrix, and assembly. Together the three stages form a developmental system that characterizes the individual photographs, their relation to their subject matter, and how they form larger, significant collections of images. The book's project accomplishes three main goals: it develops a comprehensive critical reading of the work, it serves as a monograph of the artist, and it provides an extensive analysis of the photographs at all stages, including the less discussed, more recent photography, which is placed on par with the earlier work for which Struth first became internationally renowned.

Author: Nana Last
ISBN-10: 1943532826
ISBN-13: 9781943532827
Publisher: Applied Research & Design
Language: English
Published: 03/16/2021
Pages: 200
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.90lbs
Size: 10.50h x 7.50w x 0.70d