Wolfgang Tillmans

Wolfgang Tillmans (b. 1968) is one of the most significant European artists at work today. His informal and apparently spontaneous photographs of gay pride activists, ecowarriors, and clubbers brought him attention at an early age and eventually won him acclaim as a chronicler of his generation.
Tillmans's work spans the genres of landscape, cityscape, portraiture, and still life. He focuses on the overlooked details of life - a bunch of keys in a door, the chaotic sprawl in an open cabinet - and the grand sweep of natural phenomena, including solar eclipses and electrical storms. Packed with more than 2,000 color illustrations, this book features a fascinating interview with curator Mary Horlock in which Tillmans reveals the art historical connections and the common themes that unite his disparate work.
Published to coincide with a major exhibition at Tate Britain, If One Thing Matters, Everything Matters presents the most comprehensive survey of Tillman's work to date. Conceived and designed by the artist, it demonstrates a continually developing vision, constantly embracing new ideas and offering fresh perspectives on the world around us.… (mehr)

(French Edition)
Depuis le début des années 2000, Wolfgang Tillmans travaille sur un cycle d'œuvres intitulé le Centre d'étude de la vérité. Ce projet a pour objet l'analyse du concept de vérité universelle utilisé dans des contextes sociaux et politiques.
Tillmans se penche sur le développement de phénomènes qui s'attaquent au consensus social et aux institutions, qui se manifestent aujourd'hui à travers le renouveau du populisme de droite, les fake news et la notion psychologique connue sous le nom d'effet rebond.
Soucieux de traiter ces enjeux sous différents angles, l'artiste a interrogé des scientifiques, des politiciens, des journalistes et des travailleurs sociaux. La publication comporte également des textes analytiques et des études qui apportent un éclairage supplémentaire sur nos réactions cognitives et éthiques, ainsi que sur notre comportement sur les réseaux en ligne lorsque nous sommes confrontés à des déclarations qui s'opposent à nos croyances politiques.
Wolfgang Tillmans associe ces textes à ses propres travaux visuels ainsi qu'à des images glanées sur internet et dans des publications.
Pour les besoins de cette édition, Tillmans a produit des œuvres imprimées en quadrichromie sur une photocopieuse datant des années 1990, selon une technique de collage numérique pionnière qui fait écho à la complexité des phénomènes qu'il entend examiner.… (mehr)

Presenting recent developments in Wolfgang Tillmans' (born 1968) portraiture and still lifes, this volume features a broad selection of new and recent works that respond to their surroundings while at the same time embodying a self-contained environment.

Few artists have shaped the scope of contemporary art and influenced a younger generation more than Wolfgang Tillmans. Since the early 1990s, his works have epitomized a new kind of subjectivity in photography, pairing intimacy and playfulness with social critique. Through his seamless integration of genres, subjects, techniques, and exhibition strategies, he has expanded conventional ways of approaching the medium and his practice continues to address the fundamental question of what it means to create pictures in an increasingly image-saturated world.

Published on the occasion of Tillmans' 2018 exhibition at David Zwirner in Hong Kong, this bilingual catalog juxtaposes pictures of intimacy and friendship with views and angles of the world at large. An aerial view of the Sahara desert displays almost infinite detail while being monochromatic and near-abstract in appearance. In line with Tillmans' interest in exhibitions as amplifiers of a particular, underlying perspective, each of the works engages in an intricate system of relationships between its aesthetic elements, subject and institutional setting. Seen together, they implicate the viewer as an active part of the dialogue. The 2016 interview with author Allie Biswas of the Brooklyn Rail has been edited and expanded by the artist for this catalog.… (mehr)