Thomas Neumann has been travelling and photographing the countries of the former Soviet Union since the 1990s. The artistic works and travel photos created since then have been incorporated into the volume Exakte Vertrauensgrenzen. In it, the photographer follows the traces of an image and meaning of Soviet socialism on the ground after its promises of progress and a bright future had come to an end. His own origins make him travel with a certain wealth of knowledge and experience, but also with a sceptical curiosity. Questions arise about the self and its embeddedness in the collective experience of an abruptly ended ideological system that was actually designed to last forever. Neumann's archive offers no coherent narrative. His restrained pictorial observations invite us to embark with him on a journey in which the horizons of interpretation remain open.

THOMAS NEUMANN (*1975, Cottbus) studied fine art and photography at the Staatliche Kunstakademie Düsseldorf in the class of Bernd Becher and Thomas Ruff. His works have been shown at the Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf and the Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, at the Technische Sammlungen, Dresden, among others. Publications to date include The Japanese Series (2015), Sternenflug and Apfelblüte (2013).

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Weltkunstzimmer, Düsseldorf
13.3. 19.4.2020

About the author and other contributors

THOMAS NEUMANN (*1975, Cottbus) studied fine art and photography under Bernd Becher and Thomas Ruff at the Staatliche Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf. His works have been seen at such institutions as the Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf; the Deichtorhallen, Hamburg; and the Technische Sammlungen, Dresden. Among his previous publications are The Japanese Series (2015) and Sternenflug und Apfelblüte (2013).

Product details

Publisher : Hatje Cantz Verlag; 1st edition (23 Mar. 2020)
Language : English
Hardcover : 128 pages
ISBN-10 : 3775747591
ISBN-13 : 978-3775747592
Dimensions : 22 x 1.8 x 29.59 cm