Overview participating exhibitions
Terra Cognita
2012
Terra Cognita
Thomas Wrede
Real Landscapes (2004-2012)
Inspired by the landscape and the light, in REAL LANDSCAPES Thomas Wrede created new worlds in model size. He places toy cars and plastic trees in natural surroundings and photographs them from just above ground level with a large format analogue camera. As a result, the smallest gestures become grand and compelling: a replica of a grandiose idyll or a terrible disaster.
Biography
Thomas Wrede (West Germany, 1963) studied at the Academy for Fine Arts in Münster, where he later also taught. He won the Contemporary Art Award from the Volksbank and Raiffeisenbank, the Karl Hofner Award, the DG-Bank Photo Award and the Wiesbaden Photo Award. He has published the books Strange Paradise, Manhattan / Picture World, Panorama and Anywhere.