THOMAS DEMAND

By Antonella Sarullo

•Born in 1964, Germany•Currently lives and works in Berlin •Teaches at the University of Arts, Hamburg

•Thomas Demand first started out as a sculptor as well as a photographer

Thomas Demand studied with the sculptor Fritz Schwegler. He encouraged Demand to explore the possible outcomes of architectural models.

Exhibitions 2013

Model Studies, Graham Foundation, Chicago

2010Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA

2005 The Museum of Modern Art, New York

http://www.matthewmarks.com/los-angeles/artists/thomas-demand/biography/

Here is some of his work

Sink 1997

Bathroom 1997

Tavern 5 1995

What I find interesting

What Demand says “People ask me whether I

am a photographer. I’m not. And I am not a

sculptor either. The only time I have to define myself is when I get

asked by other people.”