Photography Culture Wolfgang Tillmans

Wolfgang tillmans lutz and alex sitting in the trees 1992 inkjet print on paper clips.

Photography culture wolfgang tillmans. He originally found fame through his photos for the seminal fashion and culture magazine i d in which he illuminated his lgbt lifestyle within the. Art photography culture is not cancelled. Wolfgang tillmans born august 16 1968 remscheid west germany german photographer whose images of the everyday span from street photography to portraiture to landscape and still life to abstraction. But he has also used his status in the art world to represent gay life and to become a vocal supporter of the lgbt community.

Tillmans lives in berlin and london. When wolfgang tillmans born in 1968 started his career and built his reputation through commercial commissions for youth lifestyle and fashion magazines like the face and especially i d magazine and portraits of people like aphex twin damon albarn kate moss and moby there was little esteem to be found in elitist art circles they had little interest in the superficial counter. Wolfgang tillmans originally made his name as an artist by photographing members of the rave and party culture in the mid 1990s in which he was a participant. In 2000 he became the first non british artist to win the turner prize and he was a recipient of the hasselblad award in 2015.

Wolfgang tillmans is an influential contemporary german photographer. Heji shin basic precinct 2018 courtesy of 2020solidarity. Tillmans first experimented with photography in 1987 by. That inspired artist and photographer wolfgang tillmans to launch his project.

In nairobi the show takes place across two locations the godown arts centre and circle art gallery and provides a comprehensive overview of. The culture prize of the german society for photography and is an academician of the royal academy of arts london. The legacy of wolfgang tillmans. Tillmans in the 1990s.

Fragile the godown arts centre and circle art gallery nairobi kenya 12 april 11 may 2018 fragile travels to nairobi from kinshasa where it was presented at the musée d art contemporain et multimédias earlier this year. Emerging in the 1990s with his snapshot documentations of youths clubs and lgbtq culture tillman s practice has expanded to include diaristic photography large scale abstraction and commissioned magazine work. Wolfgang tillmans proclaims that he makes pictures in order to see the world but what he really does is utilize the medium of photography to increase our attentiveness of the world around us. Wolfgang tillmans will always be remembered for his work with the magazine i d documenting the uk club scene of the late 80s and early 90s.

Love hands in air 1989 by wolfgang tillmans until recently berlin s night life was among the german capital s chief draws. How wolfgang tillmans used technique to reach abstraction in photography.