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Wolfgang Tillmans

Wolfgang Tillmans. Background. He was born in Remscheid Germany on August 15, 1968. He grew up taking pictures and writing in journals since the age of six. He lived and worked in Hamburg till the end of the 1980s before moving to England. Education.

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Wolfgang Tillmans

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  1. Wolfgang Tillmans

  2. Background • He was born in Remscheid Germany on August 15, 1968. • He grew up taking pictures and writing in journals since the age of six. • He lived and worked in Hamburg till the end of the 1980s before moving to England.

  3. Education • From 1990 to 1992 he studied at Bournemouth and Poole college of Art. • Most of his learning was done as a boy on his own though.

  4. Personallife • Wolfgang tries to keep his personal life private. • The few things that we do know are very personal like that he just got out of rehab which he checked himself into and that he is not married. • He tries to live by the quote “love is life, and life is love.”

  5. Photography • He uses his art to challenge the modern world. • His art work is very intimate and evocative in his still life photographs mainly. • They are often captured in seemingly casual poses or focus in on objects or people in everyday life that are usually overlooked. • Many of his paintings also create allusions.

  6. Interesting Facts • Tillmans’ work has been the subject of many publications including Burg, Portraits, View from above, Truth study center, and most recently Manual. • They’re have also been many catalogues published about him and his artwork. • He invented a presentational practice that makes space objects seem more dynamic and help have a more specific space venue.

  7. timeline • 1968- Born in Remscheid, Germany • 1987- Lived and worked in Hamburg, Germany • 1990 – • 1992 Studied at Bournemouth & Poole College of Art and Design, Bournemouth, England • 1992 - 1994 Lived and worked in London • 1994 - 1995 Lived and worked in New York City • 1995 - ars viva Prize from the Kulturkreis der Deutschen Wirtschaft 1995 Böttcherstrasse Prize, Bremen • 1995 - 1996 Worked for three months in Berlin • 1998 - 1999 Guest professorship at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste (School of Fine Arts) in Hamburg • 2000 -Turner Prize winner • 2001- Honorary Fellow, The Arts Institute at Bournemouth, Großbritannien 2003- Professor, Städelschule Frankfurt/Main • 1996 - present Lives and works in London

  8. Exhibitions • 1997 - hale-Bopp, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Art Cologne, Cologne • 1998 - Fruiciones, Museo Nacional Reina Sofia, Espacio Uno, Madrid (cat.) • 1999  Soldiers – The Nineties, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York (cat.) • 2000-  Galerie Rüdiger Schötte (with Thomas Ruff), Munich • 2001 - Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York • 2002-  Lights (Body), Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York • 2003-  “if one thing matters, everything matters”, Tate Britain, London (catalogue) • 2004-  Regen Projects, Los Angeles • 2005  Galería Juana de Aizpuru, Madrid • 2006  Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, May 20 – August 20, 2006 (traveling) • 2007-  Camera Austria, Graz, Austria, July 7 – September 9, 2007 • 2008-  Maureen Paley, London

  9. references • Works Cited • harvard university art museums. 5 Dec. 2007 <http://www.artmuseums.harvard.edu/exhibitions/busch/     tillmans.html>. hirshorn. 5 Dec. 2007 <http://hirshhorn.si.edu/exhibitions/description.asp?Type=&ID=42>. the-artist. 5 Dec. 2007 <http://www.artnet.com/artist/16647/wolfgang-tillmans.html>. wikapedia. 5 Dec. 2007 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Tillmans>.

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