The Photography staff will also be going to see the Wolfgang Tillmans show at the Serpentine Gallery, reviews and pictures to follow. If you are interested in seeing it yourself, it is going to be running from 26th June - 19th September at the Serpentine Gallery in London.
"Since he made the UK his home 20 years ago, Wolfgang Tillmans has redefined both the photographic image and the numerous ways in which it is presented.
In this new exhibition, conceived for the Serpentine Gallery, Tillmans will reflect on his longstanding relationship with London and show both new works made specifically for this show, as well as a range of images from throughout his career.
The exhibition will focus on both the figurative and the abstract in Tillmans’ work, and embrace a broad range of subjects; from unconventional yet intensely eloquent portraits, to large-scale, colour-saturated abstractions that capture the beauty of photography’s chemical processes." Link to Serpentine Gallery exhibit
When are you going to London?
ReplyDeleteWe went to Laarrndarn last week Becca ... went to this and the Mann show - see my review on the Sally Mann page of the blog.
ReplyDeleteThis was a very different show to the Sally Mann. It is held at the Serpentine Gallery but in common with the Mann show is free :O)
The majority of the work was made up of large 2m tall inkjet prints held to the wall by small bulldog clips very low tech. The subject matter is very varied as you might expect if you have seen any of Tillmans' work previously. Snapshots of cityscapes, random kitchen bits (stacks of egg cartons), a photocopier, friends and a boarder crossing point. Other images - arguably the better stuff, is abstract and often equally large scale. The final set and my favourites are exhibits of colour printing paper, folded, exposed and processed. Random, abstract, impressionistic, colourful and yes, beautiful. Worth the trip on their own? maybe not but together with the Sally Mann show, a top day out, with good company and even time to visit a bicycle shop. What more could you ask?