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Troy Brauntuch

Troy Brauntuch is one of the leading exponents of the picture generation that figured prominently in American art in the late 1970s and early 1980s, alongside such artists as for example Matt Mullican, Cindy Sherman and David Salle. They used material from films, newspapers, journals, and magazines, recycling their found motifs into re-photographs. Their deconstructivist methods fed into their ideological critique of the mechanics of seduction without undermining the compelling impact of the pictures themselves — because the production and reception of pictures were recognized as ideological constructs.

Troy Brauntuch copies, assimilates and alienates media images and transfers the modified pictures to black cotton fabric. Oscillating between abstraction and figuration, the largely everyday motives of Brauntuch’s compositions challenge perception and call for great concentration. By questioning the authenticity of images and the manipulated messages behind them, the artist draws attention to what they do not depict, thereby destabilizing the relationship between pictures and their alleged meaning. — Dominique von Burg

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  • Troy Brauntuch, Untitled (Fence), 2012

    conté on cotton
    50 x 40.16 in (127 x 102 cm)

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  • Troy Brauntuch, Untitled (Bullhead), 2011

    conté on cotton
    53.15 x 70.87 in (135 x 180 cm)

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  • Troy Brauntuch, Untitled (Buttons 2), 2011

    conté on cotton
    40.55 x 30.71 in (103 x 78 cm)

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  • Troy Brauntuch, Untitled (Forida), 2011

    conté on cotton
    40.16 x 29.92 in (102 x 76 cm)

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  • Troy Brauntuch, Untitled (Bag), 2008

    conté on cotton
    29.92 x 40.16 in (76 x 102 cm)

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  • Troy Brauntuch, Untitled (Chairs), 2007

    conté on cotton
    31.1 x 46.06 in (79 x 117 cm)

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  • Troy Brauntuch, Untitled (Window, Statue), 2007

    c-print
    15.35 x 23.23 in (39 x 59 cm)

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  • Troy Brauntuch, Untitled (Alice and Jack Study), 2003

    inkjet print on handmade paper framed, 2 parts, each 36.5 x 43.5 cm
    14.57 x 34.25 in (37 x 87 cm)

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  • Troy Brauntuch, Untitled (Outside), 2000

    c-print
    14.57 x 22.83 in (37 x 58 cm)

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  • Troy Brauntuch, Untitled (Tank), 1991

    conté on cotton
    40.16 x 53.15 in (102 x 135 cm)

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