Wolfgang Tillmans 2017
By: edited by Chris Dercon and Helen Sainsbury with Wolfgang Tillmans ; contributions by Mark Godfrey, Tom Holert
Contributors: Dercon, Chris, editor; Sainsbury, Helen, editor; Godfrey, Mark (Mark Benjamin), contributor; Holert, Tom, contributor; Tate Modern (Gallery)
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9781849764452
Subjects: Artistic Photography; Exhibitions
Description: This new publication, accompanying an exhibition at Tate Modern, examines Tillmans's evolving practice showcasing his photography but also his video, digital slide projections, publications and recorded music. Mark Godfrey gives an overarching view of Tillmans's practice, from the physical materiality of the work, to space and installation, to his use of abstraction. Tom Holert focuses on Tillmans's relationship with politics and society, with particular emphasis on events of the last 15 years and the way Tillmans uses images and methods of distribution to examine global concerns such as migration and identity politics. Wolfgang Tillmans is the first photographer to win the Turner Prize (in 2000), his practice is characterised by constant investigation into the boundaries of the photographic medium and a preoccupation with the process of photography itself.
Notes: Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at Tate Modern, February 14-June 11, 2017.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 306-309) and index.