Thomas Demand is known for his photographs of meticulous paper models that reconstruct scenes charged with historical, political and cultural significance, as well as everyday moments. On the occasion of Gallery Weekend Berlin, Monika Sprüth and Philomene Magers are pleased to present a solo exhibition of new works by Demand. In 2025, Demand began working with a new technique, creating smaller-scale images printed on copper. The material has deep roots in art history: used as “canvas” during the Renaissance, it later served as the support for some of the earliest photographs printed on silver-plated copper sheets, extending its significance into the history of photography. The new works range from tightly framed views of nature to abstractions of AI-generated imagery. Through his constructed worlds, the artist interrogates the paradoxes of perception, probing how we read our surroundings, how we remember them, and the ways we are influenced and manipulated. Whether capturing nature’s chance arrangements or AI’s dystopian visions, Demand’s work deftly navigates the space between sculpture and photography, illusion and image, reality and interpretation.

About Thomas Demand