The Complete Papers' is an extensive catalogue raisonné of major artist Thomas Demand. Encompassing previously unseen early works from 1990 to photographs of his most recent installation shown at Fondazione Prada in Milan, this book includes all his images and the primary texts written on his work over the past 25 years. It also presents a new interview with Russell Ferguson, shedding light on Demand's creative practice.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 484-499).

An idea and some pieces of paper / Russell Ferguson in conversation with Thomas Demand -- History lessons / Stuart Morgan -- Postcard / Jeffrey Eugenides -- Ghosts / Francesco Bonami -- Demand without desire / Parveen Adams -- Doubt the day / Adrian Searle -- Flashbulb memory / Neville Wakefield -- Heels / Julia Franck -- Media as modern architecture / Beatriz Colomina -- End of a world / Ulrich Baer -- Paper moon / Roxana Marcoci -- Without a trace / Michael Fried -- The cavern of images / Germano Celant -- Yellowcake, revisited / Thomas Demand -- Thomas Demand and the trick of time and space / Tom Gunning -- Emergency operations / Gary Shteyngart -- Seeing, showing, demonstrating / Jacques Rancière -- Arcana imperii / Karl Schlögel -- Model studies / Thomas Demand -- The very lifelike chair / Bruce Sterling -- On Attraktion / Alexander Kluge -- Blossom / Ben Lerner -- Memories of things unseen / Tejyu Cole -- Dailiness according to Demand / Hal Foster -- The mutiny on the HMS Bounty / Rachel Kushner -- Outmoded criteria / Jeff Wall.