MARC STRAUS

Thomas Bangsted shares with Sarah Rose Sharp at Hyperallergic how he reconstructs moments from the past with present-day photography. "In his third exhibition of photographs at Marc Straus, photographer Thomas Bangsted presents large-scale photographs that recreate historical maritime scenes through a painstaking process of shooting, collecting, and aggregating present-day images. The seven black-and-white pigment prints… Read More...

Patterns, systems, and networks are all around us, and in this digital age we are increasingly aware of their influence on our lived experience. This exhibition explores some of the ways in which human beings create and manipulate patterns, and why we are intrinsically driven to do so. Thomas Bangsted's Last of the Dreadnoughts is… Read More...

War has long served as a driver for innovation. This was particularly true during World War I, pursued largely by the German Navy through largescale U-boat attacks on military and merchant ships alike, that drove the invention of Dazzle Camouflage. [caption id="attachment_700" align="alignnone" width="803"] 2013Pigment print20.5 x 26.5 inches / 52.07 x 67.31 cm[/caption] Dazzle… Read More...

Thomas Bangsted's works are included in ILLUMINATION, an exhibition at Louisian Museum of Modern Art opening March 1st, 2016. Louisiana presents a cornucopia of international contemporary and classic works of art acquired over the past three years – more than fifty works within painting, photography, sculpture and installation. At Louisiana the opportunity for in-depth insight… Read More...