Installation view of the exhibition Thomas Ruff: photograms and ma.r.s., at David Zwirner in New York, dated 2013.
Installation view of the exhibition Thomas Ruff: photograms and ma.r.s., at David Zwirner in New York, dated 2013.

Thomas Ruff: photograms and ma.r.s.

David Zwirner is pleased to present an exhibition of two bodies of works by Thomas Ruff, including the world premiere of the series photograms. On view in the gallery's 525 and 533 West 19th Street spaces in New York, this will be the photographer's seventh solo show since he joined David Zwirner in 2000.

Working in distinct series since the late 1970s, Ruff has approached different genres of photography, including portraiture, architecture, astronomy, the nude, surveillance imagery, and reportage. Using a wide range of technological approaches, and often pushing the limits of photographic representation in the process, he has reinvented many historical conventions and expectations of the medium. The photograms and ma.r.s. works presented in this exhibition continue his interest in visual verisimilitude, with each series exploring the mutability and material presence of the photographic image.

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Installation view of the exhibition Thomas Ruff: photograms and ma.r.s., at David Zwirner in New York, dated 2013.
Installation view of the exhibition Thomas Ruff: photograms and ma.r.s., at David Zwirner in New York, dated 2013.
Installation view of the exhibition Thomas Ruff: photograms and ma.r.s., at David Zwirner in New York, dated 2013.
Installation view of the exhibition Thomas Ruff: photograms and ma.r.s., at David Zwirner in New York, dated 2013.
Installation view of the exhibition Thomas Ruff: photograms and ma.r.s., at David Zwirner in New York, dated 2013.
Installation view of the exhibition Thomas Ruff: photograms and ma.r.s., at David Zwirner in New York, dated 2013.
Installation view of the exhibition Thomas Ruff: photograms and ma.r.s., at David Zwirner in New York, dated 2013.
Installation view of the exhibition Thomas Ruff: photograms and ma.r.s., at David Zwirner in New York, dated 2013.
Installation view of the exhibition Thomas Ruff: photograms and ma.r.s., at David Zwirner in New York, dated 2013.
Installation view of the exhibition Thomas Ruff: photograms and ma.r.s., at David Zwirner in New York, dated 2013.
Installation view of the exhibition Thomas Ruff: photograms and ma.r.s., at David Zwirner in New York, dated 2013.
Installation view of the exhibition Thomas Ruff: photograms and ma.r.s., at David Zwirner in New York, dated 2013.
Installation view of the exhibition Thomas Ruff: photograms and ma.r.s., at David Zwirner in New York, dated 2013.
Installation view of the exhibition Thomas Ruff: photograms and ma.r.s., at David Zwirner in New York, dated 2013.
Installation view of the exhibition Thomas Ruff: photograms and ma.r.s., at David Zwirner in New York, dated 2013.
Installation view of the exhibition Thomas Ruff: photograms and ma.r.s., at David Zwirner in New York, dated 2013.
Installation view of the exhibition Thomas Ruff: photograms and ma.r.s., at David Zwirner in New York, dated 2013.
Installation view of the exhibition Thomas Ruff: photograms and ma.r.s., at David Zwirner in New York, dated 2013.
Installation view of the exhibition Thomas Ruff: photograms and ma.r.s., at David Zwirner in New York, dated 2013.
Installation view of the exhibition Thomas Ruff: photograms and ma.r.s., at David Zwirner in New York, dated 2013.
Installation view of the exhibition Thomas Ruff: photograms and ma.r.s., at David Zwirner in New York, dated 2013.
Installation view of the exhibition Thomas Ruff: photograms and ma.r.s., at David Zwirner in New York, dated 2013.
Installation view of the exhibition Thomas Ruff: photograms and ma.r.s., at David Zwirner in New York, dated 2013.
Installation view of the exhibition Thomas Ruff: photograms and ma.r.s., at David Zwirner in New York, dated 2013.
Installation view of the exhibition Thomas Ruff: photograms and ma.r.s., at David Zwirner in New York, dated 2013.
Installation view of the exhibition Thomas Ruff: photograms and ma.r.s., at David Zwirner in New York, dated 2013.
Installation view of the exhibition Thomas Ruff: photograms and ma.r.s., at David Zwirner in New York, dated 2013.
Installation view of the exhibition Thomas Ruff: photograms and ma.r.s., at David Zwirner in New York, dated 2013.
Installation view of the exhibition Thomas Ruff: photograms and ma.r.s., at David Zwirner in New York, dated 2013.
Installation view of the exhibition Thomas Ruff: photograms and ma.r.s., at David Zwirner in New York, dated 2013.
Installation view of the exhibition Thomas Ruff: photograms and ma.r.s., at David Zwirner in New York, dated 2013.
Installation view of the exhibition Thomas Ruff: photograms and ma.r.s., at David Zwirner in New York, dated 2013.
A photograph by Thomas Ruff, titled ma.r.s.05 II, dated 2012.

Thomas Ruff

ma.r.s.05 II, 2012
Chromogenic print
100 3/8 x 72 7/8 inches (255.00 x 185.00 cm)
A photograph by Thomas Ruff, titled 3D-ma.r.s.08, dated 2013.

Thomas Ruff

3D-ma.r.s.08, 2013
Chromogenic print
100 3/8 x 72 7/8 inches (255.00 x 185.00 cm)
A photograph by Thomas Ruff, titled 3D-ma.r.s.11, dated 2013.

Thomas Ruff

3D-ma.r.s.11, 2013
Chromogenic print
100 3/8 x 72 7/8 inches (255.00 x 185.00 cm)
A photograph by Thomas Ruff, titled 3D-ma.r.s.09, dated 2013.

Thomas Ruff

3D-ma.r.s.09, 2013
Chromogenic print
100 3/8 x 72 7/8 inches (255.00 x 185.00 cm)
A photograph by Thomas Ruff, titled 3D-ma.r.s.10, dated 2013.

Thomas Ruff

3D-ma.r.s.10, 2013
Chromogenic print
100 3/8 x 72 7/8 inches (255.00 x 185.00 cm)
A photograph by Thomas Ruff, titled ma.r.s.09 II, dated 2013.

Thomas Ruff

ma.r.s.09 II, 2013
Chromogenic print
100 3/8 x 72 7/8 inches (255.00 x 185.00 cm)
A photograph by Thomas Ruff, titled ma.r.s.06, dated 2010.

Thomas Ruff

ma.r.s.06, 2010
Chromogenic print
100 3/8 x 72 7/8 inches (255.00 x 185.00 cm)
A photograph by Thomas Ruff, titled ma.r.s.06 I, dated 2012.

Thomas Ruff

ma.r.s.06 I, 2012
Chromogenic print
100 3/8 x 72 7/8 inches (255.00 x 185.00 cm)
A photograph by Thomas Ruff, titled ma.r.s.08 II, dated 2012.

Thomas Ruff

ma.r.s.08 II, 2012
Chromogenic print
100 3/8 x 72 7/8 inches (255.00 x 185.00 cm)
A chromogenic print by Thomas Ruff titled ma.r.s.06 III, dated 2012.

Thomas Ruff

ma.r.s.06 III, 2012
Chromogenic print
100 x 72 3/8 inches (254 x 183.8 cm)
A photograph by Thomas Ruff, titled ma.r.s.08 III, dated 2012.

Thomas Ruff

ma.r.s.08 III, 2012
Chromogenic print
100 3/8 x 72 7/8 inches (255.00 x 185.00 cm)
A photograph by Thomas Ruff, titled ma.r.s.07 III, dated 2013.

Thomas Ruff

ma.r.s.07 III, 2013
Chromogenic print
100 3/8 x 72 7/8 inches (255.00 x 185.00 cm)
A photograph by Thomas Ruff, titled r.phg.s.02, dated 2012.

Thomas Ruff

r.phg.s.02, 2012
Chromogenic print
94 1/2 x 72 7/8 inches (240.00 x 185.00 cm)
A photograph by Thomas Ruff, titled phg.03, dated 2012.

Thomas Ruff

phg.03, 2012
Chromogenic print
94 1/2 x 72 7/8 inches (240.00 x 185.00 cm)
A photograph by Thomas Ruff, titled r.phg.s.03, dated 2012.

Thomas Ruff

r.phg.s.03, 2012
Chromogenic print
100 3/8 x 72 7/8 inches (255.00 x 185.00 cm)
A photograph by Thomas Ruff, titled phg.s.01, dated 2012.

Thomas Ruff

phg.s.01, 2012
Chromogenic print
94 1/2 x 72 7/8 inches (240.00 x 185.00 cm)
A photograph by Thomas Ruff, titled phg.02, dated 2012.

Thomas Ruff

phg.02, 2012
Chromogenic print
94 1/2 x 72 7/8 inches (240.00 x 185.00 cm)
A photograph by Thomas Ruff, titled r.phg.05, dated 2013.

Thomas Ruff

r.phg.05, 2013
Chromogenic print
94 1/2 x 72 7/8 inches (240.00 x 185.00 cm)
A photograph by Thomas Ruff, titled phg.01, dated 2012.

Thomas Ruff

phg.01, 2012
Chromogenic print
94 1/2 x 72 7/8 inches (240.00 x 185.00 cm)
A photograph by Thomas Ruff, titled phg.08, dated 2012.

Thomas Ruff

phg.08, 2012
Chromogenic print
94 1/2 x 72 7/8 inches (240.00 x 185.00 cm)
A photograph by Thomas Ruff, titled r.phg.03, dated 2012.

Thomas Ruff

r.phg.03, 2012
Chromogenic print
94 1/2 x 72 7/8 inches (240.00 x 185.00 cm)
A photograph by Thomas Ruff, titled phg.06, dated 2012.

Thomas Ruff

phg.06, 2012
Chromogenic print
100 3/8 x 72 7/8 inches (255.00 x 185.00 cm)
A photograph by Thomas Ruff, titled phg.10, dated 2012.

Thomas Ruff

phg.10, 2012
Chromogenic print
94 1/2 x 72 7/8 inches (240.00 x 185.00 cm)
A photograph by Thomas Ruff, titled phg.04, dated 2012.

Thomas Ruff

phg.04, 2012
Chromogenic print
94 1/2 x 72 7/8 inches (240.00 x 185.00 cm)

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