Thomas Demand
I have always been fascinated by Thomas Demand and the wonderful paper sculptures that he creates, photographs and then destroys. Each work is painstakingly constructed, lit, photographed and then destroyed. There are glimpses in the photographs that the subject is a paper reconstruction of a scenario or space, but often these glimpses are subtly and only emerge after you know the context and process of the work. In having destroyed the work, the only record of its existence is the image made of it, a trace left behind. This is where I find inspiration in his work, that our realities are created, destroyed and then all we have left is a trace.
