Wolfgang Tillmans Neue Welt - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3836539748 ISBN 13: 9783836539746

Publisher: Taschen America Llc, 2012

Synopsis

From snapshots of his friends to abstract images made in a darkroom without a camera or works made with a photocopier, the author has pushed the photographic process to its outer limits in myriad ways. In this collection of photos, he offers a powerful and singular view of life today in diverse parts of the world, seen from many angles.

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Review:

"His book is also full of unexpected images and juxtapositions, as well as an illuminating conversation about the present and the future with curator Beatrix Ruf - covering everything from the way LEDs are changing how our environments are lit, to the way the Extremely Large Telescope will bring about a Galilean moment of astronomical enlightenment."

About the Author:

The photographer: 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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Taschen America Llc
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 3836539748
• ISBN 13: 9783836539746
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 176