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BFAMI 2021 Guest of Honour

THOMAS STRUTH

Since the late 70’s, Thomas Struth (b. 1954) has been capturing our time, reconciling forms of documentation and contemplation: the world today as seen in empty streets of different cities, cultural venues, worship scenes, but also nature, family portraits, and more recently industrial and technological locations, often underlining the relationship with the sublime.

The examination of different situations and their impact on people’s way of acting is typical of Thomas Struth’s work.

His recent images are becoming more abstract and introduce new subjects of reflection, such as the relationship between humans and machines.

^{Thomas Struth at the Hilti Art Foundation in Vaduz, Liechtenstein in 2019. Photo: ©️ Darko Todorovic.
Installation view: Galerie Max Hetzler @ Kurfürstendamm 213, Berlin, 2018 © Thomas Struth. Photo: def image}