Author Archives: Susan van Wyk

Susan van Wyk

About Susan van Wyk

Senior Curator of Photography

Pacific Sun

Pacific Sun Thomas Demand began to make films around 1999.  Often showing ‘familiar’ subjects; falling rain, the perpetual motion of an escalator, or the relentless movement of a CCTV camera; his film work is quite mesmerising. The films are produced …  More

The constructed worlds of Thomas Demand

When you look at the work of Thomas Demand, at some point you realise that what you are looking at cannot be real. As this becomes apparent you understand that you are looking at a paper simulation of the world. …  More

Thomas Demand – The realm of the artist

When you step through the door into the Thomas Demand exhibition you enter a realm that was conceived, meticulously planned, and built to his exacting specifications.  Demand designed every aspect of this exhibition.  Having selected the photographs and films that …  More