{"id":35677,"date":"2016-08-16T16:14:18","date_gmt":"2016-08-16T14:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/?p=35677"},"modified":"2016-08-16T16:14:18","modified_gmt":"2016-08-16T14:14:18","slug":"thomas-struth-berlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/thomas-struth-berlin\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Struth and the Sci-fi Aesthetics in Art"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"size--small\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-35670 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Thomas-Struth.jpg\" alt=\"Martin-Gropius-Bau\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" \/> Left: &#8220;Cinema&#8221; by Thomas Struth Right: &#8220;Tokamak Hockformat&#8221; by Thomas Struth<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nThomas Struth, the artist best known for his museum series, is exhibiting his work at the Berliner Martin-Gropius-Bau for the first time ever, and he\u2019s doing it in large-scale. \u201cNature &amp; politics\u201d features images of\u00a0typically inaccessible complex devices, production plants, structures and constructions while exploring the aesthetics of innovation. Through large-format images, Struth intends to challenge the limits of what is actually possible by incorporating artificial worlds that boost the natural reality we\u2019re used to.<br \/>\n\u201cI wanted to explore the process of imagination (&#8230;) I am only concerned with how something that at first was only a thought materialises and becomes part of reality,\u201d said the artist. \u201c\u2018Picturing something,\u2019 this expression already describes the brain&#8217;s ability to think in pictures\u201d.<br \/>\nAlthough the images are based on high levels of imagination, they also incorporate many manmade structures, spaces and devices, some of which are hard to believe actually exist. Through this interplay, Struth raises the question of how objects embody power and political statements.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"size--small\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-35669 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/mgb16_p_struth_10_aquarium.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Aquarium&quot; by Thomas Struth\" width=\"1500\" height=\"857\" \/> &#8220;Aquarium&#8221; by Thomas Struth<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"size--small\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-35665 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/mgb16_p_struth_04_research_vehicle.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Research vehicle&quot; by Thomas Struth\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1099\" \/> &#8220;Research vehicle&#8221; by Thomas Struth<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"size--small\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-35664 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/mgb16_p_struth_03_basilica-863x600.jpg\" alt=\"Thomas Struth\" width=\"863\" height=\"600\" \/> &#8220;Basilica&#8221; by Thomas Struth<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"size--small\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-35667 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/mgb16_p_struth_06_hushniya.jpg\" alt=\"Martin-Gropius-Bau\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1194\" \/> &#8220;Hushniya&#8221; by Thomas Struth<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"size--small\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-35663 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/mgb16_p_struth_02_vacuum_chamber.jpg\" alt=\"Martin-Gropius-Bau\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1063\" \/> &#8220;Vacuum Chamber&#8221; by Thomas Struth<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"size--small\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-35666 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/mgb16_p_struth_05_seestueck.jpg\" alt=\"Martin-Gropius-Bau\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1170\" \/> &#8220;Seestueck&#8221; by Thomas Struth<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"size--small\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-35662 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/mgb16_p_struth_01_tokamak_querformat.jpg\" alt=\"Martin-Gropius-Bau\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1192\" \/> &#8220;Tokamak Querformat&#8221; by Thomas Struth<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"size--small\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-35668 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/mgb16_p_struth_07_ride.jpg\" alt=\"Martin-Gropius-Bau\" width=\"1500\" height=\"971\" \/> &#8220;Ride&#8221; by Thomas Struth<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>Thomas Struth\u2019s \u201cNature &amp; Politics\u201d is at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.berlinerfestspiele.de\/en\/aktuell\/festivals\/gropiusbau\/programm_mgb\/mgb16_thomas_struth\/ausstellung_thomas_struth\/ausstellung_thomas_struth_147990.php\" target=\"_blank\">Martin-Gropius-Bau<\/a> until 18 September 2016<\/strong> \n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The artist best known for his museum series explores the aesthetics of innovation in Berlin<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35660,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11856,139],"tags":[38,34,216,5430,4325,2924,1426,5431],"class_list":["post-35677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sleek-art","category-art","tag-art","tag-berlin","tag-martin-gropius-bau","tag-nature-politics","tag-politics","tag-power","tag-technology","tag-thomas-struth"],"acf":{"main_category":null,"legacy":"1","exclude_from_ads":null,"hero_title":null,"subtitle":null,"hero":null,"teasers":null,"facebook_image":null,"related_articles":null,"next_article":null,"sleek_card_focus":null,"content":null},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Thomas Struth and the Sci-fi Aesthetics in Art Thomas Struth and the Sci-fi Aesthetics in Art<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/thomas-struth-berlin\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"de_DE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Thomas Struth and the Sci-fi Aesthetics in Art Thomas Struth and the Sci-fi Aesthetics in Art\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The artist best known for his museum series explores the aesthetics of innovation in Berlin\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/thomas-struth-berlin\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sleek Magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sleekmag\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-08-16T14:14:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@sleekmag\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@sleekmag\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Verfasst von\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"sleek\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Gesch\u00e4tzte Lesezeit\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1\u00a0Minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/\",\"name\":\"Sleek Magazine\",\"description\":\"Sleek is Germany\u2019s leading independent media house\/brand for creativity and innovation located in Berlin the creative capital of the world. 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