
21h 16m / -65 ° (STE 1.25)
Thomas Ruff's *21h 16m / -65°* belongs to his celebrated *Sterne* (Stars) series, in which the artist appropriated astronomical archive photographs to challenge notions of authorship and scientific objectivity. The large-scale chromogenic color print renders a vast field of deep space with cool precision, its title functioning as celestial coordinates rather than a poetic name, reducing the sublime to data. Mounted with a Diasec face and housed in the artist's own wooden frame, the work blurs the line between document and artwork, questioning how images construct our understanding of the universe.
- Medium
- chromogenic color print, mounted with Diasec face, in artist's wooden frame
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Contemporary Art Day Sale
November 12, 2013
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