Wolfgang Tillmans

Bio

For nearly three decades, German artist Wolfgang Tillmans has challenged and expanded the field of contemporary photography. His work takes the form of complex installations filled with pictures capturing the pulse of youth culture and the places, people, and moments he encounters. His experimentations with abstraction, scale, and methods of image-making that abandon the camera have helped push forward the limits and possibilities of the medium. Tillmans pays particular attention to the architecture of the spaces where his work is shown, bringing together prints in assorted sizes and orientations, which he variously displays in frames or simply clipped or taped to the walls. In recent years, his practice has expanded to include video and music. Moon in Earthlight, the artist’s first full-length album, is presented in his exhibition, Concrete Column at Regen Projects in Los Angeles.