THOMAS STRUTH
2015-04-06Between 2009 and 2014 Thomas Struth travelled to Israel and the West Bank six times and made images in a variety of locations, including Tel Aviv, the Golan Heights, Ramallah and Nazareth. Listening to the stories of his guides and other people he met along the way, “my exploration was about observing the human theatre and what seemed to touch me most. In essence, it was about the reading of the signifiers and the pictorial possibilities of the place”. Continuing in his pursuit of universal themes and visualisations of life, technology and the human condition, Struth encountered families, landscapes, architecture, and sites of new technology in the region – to create these images in the range of genres for which he is well known.
“A landscape doesn’t need me, you or anybody. It becomes interesting if it can be the ground plan for human experience, projection or desire.” TS
Exhibition runs from April 30th to June 6th, 2015
Marian Goodman Gallery
5-8 Lower John Street
London
W1F 9DY
