Wolfgang Tillmans
Tillmans's latest project sets its sights on the world,Over the period of more than two decades, Wolfgang Tillmans has explored the medium of photo-imaging with greater range than any other artist of his generation. From snapshots of his friends to abstract images made in a darkroom without a camera or works made with a photocopier, he has pushed the photographic process to its outer limits in myriad ways. For this collection of photos, his fourth book with TASCHEN, Tillmans turned away from the self-reflexive exploration of the photography medium that had occupied him for several years by focusing his lens on the outside worldâ€”from London and Nottingham to Tierra del Fuego, Tasmania, Saudi Arabia, and Papua New Guinea. He describes this new phase simply as â€œtrying out what the camera can do for me, what I can do for it.â€ The result is a powerful and singular view of life today in diverse parts of the world, seen from many angles. Says Tillmans, â€œMy travels are aimless as such, not looking for predetermined results, but hoping to find subject matter that in some way or other speaks about the time I'm in.â€,The book features a fascinating conversation between the artist and Beatrix Ruf, director of Kunsthalle ZÃ¼rich.
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Wolfgang Tillmans. Neue Welt