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Thomas Demand — Yellowcake (Embassy I,II, III, IV, IV.a, V, VI, VII, VII.a)
Thomas Demand

Yellowcake (Embassy I,II, III, IV, IV.a, V, VI, VII, VII.a)

Thomas Demand's monumental nine-part photographic work presents meticulously constructed paper and cardboard recreations of spaces connected to the fabricated intelligence scandal surrounding alleged Iraqi uranium procurement in Niger. The large-scale chromogenic prints, mounted behind acrylic glass using the Diasec process, depict eerily vacant bureaucratic interiors — offices, filing rooms, and diplomatic spaces — rendered with Demand's characteristic clinical precision and unsettling absence of human presence. The work interrogates the nature of evidence, political deception, and the role of images in constructing and legitimizing narratives of truth.

Medium
chromogenic prints, Diasec mounted, in 9 parts

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Contemporary Art Day Sale

May 15, 2015

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Thomas Demand, Yellowcake (Embassy I,II, III, IV, IV.a, V, VI, VII, VII.a)

Thomas Demand's monumental nine-part photographic work presents meticulously constructed paper and cardboard recreations of spaces connected to the fabricated intelligence scandal surrounding alleged Iraqi uranium procurement in Niger. The large-scale chromogenic prints, mounted behind acrylic glass using the Diasec process, depict eerily vacant bureaucratic interiors — offices, filing rooms, and diplomatic spaces — rendered with Demand's characteristic clinical precision and unsettling absence of human presence. The work interrogates the nature of evidence, political deception, and the role of images in constructing and legitimizing narratives of truth.

Medium
chromogenic prints, Diasec mounted, in 9 parts
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Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

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German Artist, Muted Color Palette, Multi-Part Series, Documentary Aesthetic, Large Format Photography, Unsettling Mood, Male Artist, Conceptual Art, Political Subject Matter, Contemporary Photography, Large Format Print, Staged Photography, Paper Sculpture, Chromogenic Print, Established Artist, Series Format, Cool Color Palette, Constructed Reality

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