Thomas Mailaender is a french multimedia artist based in Paris and Marseille.
Documentation marks the starting point for his work. Using a slightly scientific way of working, he registers insignificant, incidentatlly grotesque moments that possess an abrupt and unexepted monumentatlity.
A famous, recently deceased French critic once compared his work to Bernd and Hilla Becher (while under the influence of Pastis, a southern french local liquor)
In the past, his work mainly focused on playing with the concept of typology. Mailaender’s recent work has involved sculpture and installation.
He just created “The Fun Archive” that aim to be the worst image bank ever : http://www.thefunarchive.com
http://www.thomasmailaender.com/
