"Nudes ama12" (2000) by Thomas Ruff
"Nudes ama12" (2000) by Thomas Ruff, laserchrome and diasec, framed 110.2 x 156.5 cm, edition of 5
In his Nudes series, Thomas Ruff gathers from the internet erotic and often pornographic images which he subsequently manipulates by digitally enlarging, blurring, and coloring them. The results are beautiful photographs with an abstract and ethereal quality which seems to belie their erotic content. With Nudes ama12 (2000), which evokes art historical referents such as Courbet's The Origin of the World (1866), the viewer may be satisfied to linger upon the photograph's sumptuous surface quality, or they may accept Ruff's invitation to recreate the fantasy for themselves.
Homework assignment: Google for "ama12".
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