German artist, Thomas Ruff, will this month present a brand new body of work at New York's David Zwirner Gallery. The photographer's sixth solo exhibition in the space, the show will feature two as-yet-unseen series, 'Cassini' and 'Zycles'.
Showcasing Ruff's ability to make an image out of anything, both series find influence in scientific studies – the obvious next step in a 25-year career that has touched on everything from the nude, to landscape and architectural photography.
Ruff's 'Cassini' series was influenced by a selection of images found on NASA's public website. The result of a four-year space programme on the part of NASA, exploring Saturn and its outer rings, Ruff has transformed the raw black-and-white prints with interjections of saturated colour.
Similarly rooted in science, the ‘Zycles’ series has a more abstract edge. A filigree of curves, modelled around screenshots of electromagnetic fields and 'cycloids' – apparently regarded as the most aesthetic of curves, in mathematical circles – the images highlight how, in the words of the gallery, 'structures become more complex as you examine their details'.
Cassini 25, 2009.
Cassini 26, 2009.
Cassini 27, 2009.
Cassini 28, 2009.
Cassini 29, 2009.
Cassini 30, 2009.
Cassini 31, 2009.
Cassini 33, 2009.
Zycles 4020, 2009.
Zycles 3075, 2009.
Zycles 3078, 2009.
Zycles 3090, 2009.
Zycles 3095, 2009.
Zycles 4070, 2009.
Zycles 4082, 2009.
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