Les Museum Photographs de Thomas Struth Une mise en abyme Silke Schmickl Edition de la Maison des Sciences de l'Homme Paris 2005

12,- EUR ISBN-10 2-7351-1073-7 ISBN-13 978-2-7351-1073-5

In the series Museum Photographs Thomas Struth analyzes the relationships between painting and photography, past and present, the documentary and the staged. He reveals the covert connections between viewers and works of art. In his photographs Struth maintains the legacy of painting, assuming the role of an astute conservator who reinterprets this tradition in an original way.