Wolfgang Tillmans, truth study center
Truly Tillmans: new works from the Turner-prize winning artist
In his third TASCHEN book, celebrated artist photographer and winner of the 2000 Turner Prize Wolfgang Tillmans takes his exploration of the visible world to a new level. The title truth study center is a tongue-in-cheek reference to the paradox of our desire to find a universal truth and the impossibility of doing so. From evocative nude studies and candid personal portraits of Tony Blair to astronomical views of planet Venus passing over the disc of the sun, for the first time the full width of Tillmans's world is brought together in one book. Also included is an extensive selection of striking new abstract works, which through their vivid colors and compositions evoke bodily as well as atmospheric sensations. From nightlife to still life, Tillmans shows us another side of the world we live in today.
Edited and designed by Tillmans himself
About the artist:
Wolfgang Tillmans was born in Remscheid, Germany in 1968 and studied at Bournemouth & Poole College of Art and Design. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential artists of his generation. His work, whilst appearing to capture the immediacy of the moment and character of the subject, also examines the dynamics of photographic representation. From the outset he ignored the traditional separation of art exhibited in a gallery from images and ideas conveyed through other forms of publication, giving equal weight to both. His expansive floor to ceiling installations feature images of subcultures and political movements, as well as portraits, landscapes, still-lives and abstract imagery varying in scale from postcard- to wall-sized prints. His work has been shown at the Museum of Modern Art, New York in 1996 and Tate Britain, London, in a major retrospective in 2003. He was awarded the Turner Prize in 2000.
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Wolfgang Tillmans, truth study center
Tillmans, Wolfgang (Editor)
Shimizu, Minoru Softcover, 22.5 x 30 cm (8.9 x 11.8 in.), 220 pages $ 29.99 ISBN: 978-3-8228-4640-7 Multilingual Edition: English, French, German Availability: Not in Stock |
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"Die Buchhandlung KÖNIG.TASCHEN im Museum für Fotografie war gepackt voll mit Menschen, noch in der Lobby stauten sich die Besucher, die alle eine Signatur von Wolfgang Tillmans in ihrem Fotoband ergattern wollten. Gekommen waren japanische Touristen, sibirische Irokesen, ältere Damen und natürlich viele junge Männer, die mit glänzenden Augen Blickkontakt zum Fotografen suchten … Das Erstaunliche bei Wolfgang Tillmans ist, dass er sich tatsächlich immer weiter entwickelt und dabei seine Grundhaltung des Staunens über die Welt nicht aufgibt … Für das Buch hat Tillmans Bilder aus den letzten fünf Jahren nach Motiven geordnet. Körperstudien, Nachtclubszenen und Porträts. Auch die Menschen lässt Tillmans mit seinem freundlichen Blick in ihrem Universum strahlen, ohne dass er ihnen künstlich Glamour verleiht …. Wolfgang Tillmans schaut vom Flugzeug aus auf die ganze Stadt, aber er schaut auch auf die Blüten des Apfelbaumes vor dem Fenster. Und bringt durch Witz und Neugier auf sehr zarte Art die große und die kleine Welt zum leuchten."
rbb Kulturradio, Berlin, Germany
rbb Kulturradio, Berlin, Germany
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Wolfgang Tillmans: truth study center
VICE, United States, December 01, 2005
VICE, United States, December 01, 2005
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