Wolfgang Tillmans
13 Sep - 25 Oct 2008
WOLFGANG TILLMANS
"Strings"
Chantal Crousel is pleased to present the first solo show by Wolfgang Tillmans in Paris since the remarkableexhibition Vue d'en haut at Palais de Tokyo in 2002.Each solo exhibition by Wolfgang Tillmans is a complete universe. It reflects his world, here and now.The images are of actual realities such as a boy sleeping in a park, a hairdresser in his military hair salon, a part of aplant and a window, an iceberg, as well as darkroom explorations of shape, colour and movement. Assembled intowall constellations, these enter into dialogue and friction with the newspaper clippings, collected objects, photocopieddocuments and his own photographs that are arranged on tables into sculptural pieces.The exhibition forms an all-encompassing situation, drawing the viewer in to reflect on details of the everyday andgreater questions we are faced with in our experience of life, involving both truths and fictions, colour and black andwhite. The result is an experience of beauty, vulnerability, and consciousness.For the main space of the gallery, Wolfgang Tillmans has selected a broad choice of recent large-scale c-printsresulting from various techniques, among which some are created from photocopies of photographs taken by Tillmans(e.g. : An der Isar I, 2008). Since the late 1980s he has employed the photocopier in his work as a way to makeephemeral and inexpensive original enlargements.The table project arises out of the realisation that the problems and conflicts created by people who lay exclusive claim to absolute truth forthemselves are the central theme of our times. The Nineties were shaped by the pragmatic acceptance of relativity. In recent years however thedomineering voices of religious intolerance and ideological reaction have dominated the political discourse. It looks as though the dogmaticminority has taken the world hostage, while those who prefer to see things as relative and interdependent are forced to look on in impotentincredulity.The annex room features a new series of three-dimensional pieces made from unique c-prints that are part of theongoing series Lighter.The video work Peas, 2006 is projected in the showroom. Introducing sound and movement, this piece tilts theinstallation into yet another dimension casting light onto the ever awareness of being alive.
"Strings"
Chantal Crousel is pleased to present the first solo show by Wolfgang Tillmans in Paris since the remarkableexhibition Vue d'en haut at Palais de Tokyo in 2002.Each solo exhibition by Wolfgang Tillmans is a complete universe. It reflects his world, here and now.The images are of actual realities such as a boy sleeping in a park, a hairdresser in his military hair salon, a part of aplant and a window, an iceberg, as well as darkroom explorations of shape, colour and movement. Assembled intowall constellations, these enter into dialogue and friction with the newspaper clippings, collected objects, photocopieddocuments and his own photographs that are arranged on tables into sculptural pieces.The exhibition forms an all-encompassing situation, drawing the viewer in to reflect on details of the everyday andgreater questions we are faced with in our experience of life, involving both truths and fictions, colour and black andwhite. The result is an experience of beauty, vulnerability, and consciousness.For the main space of the gallery, Wolfgang Tillmans has selected a broad choice of recent large-scale c-printsresulting from various techniques, among which some are created from photocopies of photographs taken by Tillmans(e.g. : An der Isar I, 2008). Since the late 1980s he has employed the photocopier in his work as a way to makeephemeral and inexpensive original enlargements.The table project arises out of the realisation that the problems and conflicts created by people who lay exclusive claim to absolute truth forthemselves are the central theme of our times. The Nineties were shaped by the pragmatic acceptance of relativity. In recent years however thedomineering voices of religious intolerance and ideological reaction have dominated the political discourse. It looks as though the dogmaticminority has taken the world hostage, while those who prefer to see things as relative and interdependent are forced to look on in impotentincredulity.The annex room features a new series of three-dimensional pieces made from unique c-prints that are part of theongoing series Lighter.The video work Peas, 2006 is projected in the showroom. Introducing sound and movement, this piece tilts theinstallation into yet another dimension casting light onto the ever awareness of being alive.