Wolfgang Tillmans.

four
books. 40th Anniversary
Edition
 By
Wolfgang Tillmans
Taschen GmbH

Like hardly any other artist of his generation, Wolfgang Tillmans

has shaped our perception of the world. From early portraits of his
friends to still lifes, travel shots, nudes, landscape and sky
photographs, to his abstract work, Tillmans has created a multitude
of iconic works in his unmistakable visual language, opening up
new paths and possibilities for both photography and contemporary
art. In 2000 he was the first photographer and the first non-British
person to receive the renowned Turner Prize.
His first volume for TASCHEN (1995) shows the young generation
of the 1990s, of which Tillmans himself was a member, in clubs, at
Gay Pride, at fashion events, and in everyday life. His dense,
realistic photographs conjure up tangible utopias of community and
society and are important documents of their time as well. With the
follow-up volume Burg (1998), Tillmans enriches his subject matter
with another array of beautiful, now iconic photographs. In truth
study center (2005), his images condense into even more subtle
compositions and now stand alongside completely abstract works.
Finally, Neue Welt (2012) documents Wolfgang Tillmans' travels
around the globe: from London to Tierra del Fuego, India, Papua
New Guinea, Saudi Arabia, and Central Africa, we follow his ever-
inquisitive eye for the realities of our planet, for social situations
with people and markets, technology and architecture, and last but
not least, nature and astronomy. For this volume, the artist for the
first time made use of the new possibilities of digital photography.
This enabled a density of information and incisiveness hardly seen
in photographs until then.This 40th-anniversary publication from
TASCHEN combines the best of the four books in one volume.
Wolfgang Tillmans himself has compiled this edition, partly
redesigned it, added some recent works, and written a new
foreword.

Paging through this collection of images, which spans three

decades, there are countless moments to delight in, moments that are
held not only in our collective memory but in our individual ones
too.

About the series

TASCHEN turns 40 this year! Since we started our work as cultural
archaeologists in 1980, TASCHEN has become synonymous with
accessible publishing, helping bookworms around the world curate
their own library of art, anthropology, and aphrodisia at an
unbeatable price. In 2020, we celebrate 40 years of incredible books
by staying true to our company credo. The 40 series presents new
editions of some of the stars of our program-now more compact,
friendly in price, and still realized with the same commitment to
impeccable production.

Taschen GmbH

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