photo: KIOKU Keizo
Kanazawa Installation
| Artist | Wolfgang TILLMANS |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Material/ Technique | chromogenic print, inkjet print |
| Size/ Duration | dimensions variable |
| Copyright Notice | © Wolfgang TILLMANS |
| Year of acquisition/ donation | 2004 |
| Description | Born in Remscheid, Germany in 1968. Lives and works in London, UK. Wolfgang Tillmans first attracted attention in 1989, when his photographs of youth subculture began appearing in magazines such as "i-D". As well as capturing precious, singular moments that offer a glimpse into the everyday world in the form of familiar people, objects, and scenery, Tillmans is continually pushing the boundaries of photographic expression by creating abstract images that capture phenomena by exposing photosensitive papers directly to light without using a camera as well as three-dimensional pieces made by bending and folding exposed photographic paper, for example. He also experiments with different ways of looking at things, reality and existence by arranging individual images and attaching them directly to walls with pins or tape and by creating installations in which his works are arranged inside cases together with newspaper clippings. An installation comprising 36 photographic works produced between 1992 and 2004. Shots including friends in uninhibited poses, nudes, the transit of Venus, apple trees, views of cities from above, wounds on the back of a man’s head, the Concord in flight and shapes and paths formed by beams of light were printed onto papers of various types – from glossy photographic to ink-jet – and sizes – from postcard to 2.6 × 4 m – and arranged on all four sides of a white cube. Through the juxtapositioning on equal terms of everything from the sensual to the social, of natural phenomena, sexuality, gender and the concrete and the abstract, the sensory world in which the physical attributes of photographs are skillfully incorporated and presented to the audience expresses gracefully yet boldly the flow and beauty of all that is constant, bringing the viewer to a new state of awareness. |
NOTES
This Collection Data page contains the works and materials in the collection of 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, as of April 1, 2018.
Artists are listed alphabetically by artist’s surname.
Works and materials by the same artists are listed according to the date of the work in principle.
Works whose dates are unidentified are listed at the end of each item. Some works are not listed according to the date of work due to their relations.
The data of works and materials are listed in order of title, production year, material/technique/form, dimensions, donor’s name, copyright holder and credit for photograph.
Dimensions are given by height (H) x width (W) in centimeters for plane work, and height (H) x width (W) x depth (D) in cm for 3-D work. Diameter (Ø) is used for circular work.
For the name of country or city, the name currently used in English is listed in principle.