Tillmans has installed book for architects in a manner that places the viewer in the fold of a social experience. Over a period of ten years, tillmans german, born 1968 photographed buildings in thirtyseven countries on five continents to produce book for architects. Book for architects exhibition at the metropolitan museum of art, new york, january. Wolfgang tillmans book for architects the brooklyn rail. When german photographer wolfgang tillmans won the turner prize in 2000 the.
Still from wolfgang tillmanss book for architects, 2014, twochannel digital video, color, silent, approx. Wolfgang tillmans on his book for architects uncube. Wolfgang tillmanss installation book for architects 2014 is on view at the metropolitan museum for the first time since its debut at the 2014 venice architecture biennale. Wolfgang tillmans on middle age and architecture art.
A conversation between rem koolhaas and wolfgang tillmans, exploring the relevance of architectural design to our. One unexpected addition to rem koolhaas dissection of architecture in his elements exhibition in the venice architecture biennale, is a. When german photographer wolfgang tillmans won the turner prize in 2000the. Hear about architecture and its connection to our everyday lives.
Wolfgang tillmans, 304 pages exhibition catalogue, edited by theodora vischer for the fondation beyeler, germanenglish, hatje cantz 2017. Book for architects, metropolitan museum of art, new york, 26 jan 05 jul 2015. Julian rose on wolfgang tillmanss book for architects artforum. Book for architects shows architecture through the eyes of the artist. Wolfgang tillmans on his book for architects 1 23 wolfgang tillmans illustration. Wolfgang tillmans, book for architects plate 083 wolfgang tillmans hear about architecture and its connection to our everyday lives wolfgang tillmans is fascinated by the millions of individual decisions that shape the overall design of a city. Project muse book for architects by wolfgang tillmans.
Baxter st at ccny wolfgang tillmans book for architects. Wolfgang tillmans, maureen paley, london, 5 june 21 july 2019. Two channel video installation in elements of architecture central pavilion, 14th architecture biennale venice, curated by rem koolhaas. Madalena guerra 2 23 wolfgang tillmans, untitled, 2009, from book for architects, 2014. After not being available for ten years, wolfgang tillmans decided to rescan the original photographs and make a 1. Discover book depositorys huge selection of wolfgang tillmans books online. Conceived for the fourteenth international architecture exhibition commonly called the architecture biennale in venice in 2014, the project was reinstalled at the metropolitan museum of art in new york in early 2015, where it ran for ten months. Tillmans seeks to express the complexity, irrationality, madness, and beauty. Called book for architects, the show is in fact a twoscreen video installation, showing shots of buildings and interiors tillmans has taken over the past ten years. Wolfgang tillmans is fascinated by the millions of individual decisions that shape the overall design of a city. Wolfgang tillmans, who came to prominence in the mid1990s with his riveting portraits of european club kids, has created this book for architects. Although we now walk around with digital tablets, or smartphones, containing our reading material, books were initially mobile. Wolfgang tillmans book for architects the new yorker. Projected on perpendicular walls evoking facing pages in an open book, the piece successfully translates tillmanss idiosyncratic installation style.
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