Inserting
Thomas Demand's photographs into the spaces of the Pitti Palace
was not a simple task for the artist and the architects. First,
they were not allowed to touch the interiors for the exhibition,
meaning the work could not be mounted on the walls or any other
surfaces. Second, the clean and minimal images of the artist's
work can not compete on their own with the highly ornate interiors
of the rooms designed for the King of Italy's parties. Their
solution was to mount the images on panels that sit on large
pieces of furniture placed near the edges of each room. In effect,
the dark-toned panels increase the size of the artwork, creating
a large "frame" around the image that acts as a buffer
between the photograph and the pilasters, moulding, paintings
and other decoration of the Palace.
