Weekend Reading: Two Tillmans

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—01. In conversation.
—02. A retrospective.

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Perfect for a few quiet minutes this Sunday, here are two Wolfgang Tillmans related works worth reading. The first is from a recent issue of METAL Magazine, and features a brief interview with the photographer, while the second is a full, and free, PDF version of the catalog made to accompany his current retrospective show at Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, in Dusseldorf.

—METAL
—Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen

Wolfgang Tillmans Neue Welt

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—01. Interior pages.

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One of my favourite books to be released in 2012, Wolfgang Tillmans' Neue Welt from Taschen features new work shot over the past several years. The book features a broader look at the world from Tillmans – from London and Tierra del Fuego, to Tasmania, Saudi Arabia and Papua New Guinea – in comparison to the self-reflexisve nature of a lot of his earlier output. The artist himself describes his travels as "aimless as such, not looking for predetermined results, but hoping to find subject matter that in some way or other speaks about the time I'm in.”

—Available at Taschen

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Portraits by Wolfgang Tillmans

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—01-04. A selection of portraits from the book.

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Wolfgang Tillmans brought a new style and aesthetic to portraiture and his book simply titled, "Portraits' is a fine example of his work. Released in 2001.

—Available on Amazon