size:156 x 217 mm
hard cover
560 pages
Wolfgang Tillmans is a German photographer based in London and Germany who won the Turner Prize in 2000, one of the most important awards in the contemporary art world. A collection of works by Tillmans.
Among his contemporaries, the author has pushed the limits of the medium of photography and explored its possibilities. His methods vary widely, including attempts to create abstract images in a darkroom without using a camera. In this book, four books previously produced in collaboration with the German publisher TASCHEN have been reorganized into one volume, with a structure that allows readers to reconsider their lives before and after the millennium.
This book attempts to depict the current situation we find ourselves in through the author's creative activities spanning approximately 30 years.
From his early portraits of friends to still lifes, snapshots from his travels, nudes, landscape and sky photographs, and even abstract expressions, he has developed a unique visual language through a variety of images. As mentioned above, in 2000 he became the first photographer and non-British artist to win the Turner Prize, a prestigious award in the art world, for his practice that opened up new paths for both photography and contemporary art.
The first book published by TASCHEN, ``WOLFGANG TILLMANS'' (1995), captures the young generation of the 1990s, to which the author belonged, through clubs, gay pride, fashion events, and daily life. His highly realistic photographs evoke concrete utopian images of communities and society, and at the same time serve as important documents that record the era.
The following work, ``BURG'' (1998), further expanded the range of themes and added images that would later become iconic. In ``TRUTH STUDY CENTER'' (2005), the composition becomes more delicate, juxtaposing completely abstract works. Furthermore, ``NEUE WELT'' (2012) records his travels from London to Tierra del Fuego, India, Papua New Guinea, Saudi Arabia, and Central Africa, and shows his interest in social conditions, technology and architecture, as well as nature and astronomy as seen through people and markets. This work makes full use of the new possibilities of digital photography for the first time, achieving an information density and sharpness rarely seen in photographs up to that point.
This book is part of the ``45th Edition Series'' produced by the German publisher ``TASCHEN''." is a series of collections published by the same publishing company as a new, easier-to-handle edition to commemorate its 45th anniversary in 2025. The author himself edited the book, redesigning some parts and writing a new preface in addition to recent works.
As we follow this body of work, which contains images spanning 30 years, we encounter numerous moments. They not only remain in the collective memory, but are also quietly etched in the memories of individuals.
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