EXHIBIT - WOLFGANG TILLMANS

WOLFGANG TILLMANS

I visited Tate modern to watch Wolfgang Tillmans and 'The Radical eye' exhibition. In here I will talk about Wolfgang Tillsmans ('the radical eye' do not allow taking picture so I can only talk about tillmans). This is the first time I come arcoss his work, I feel like his work are about something around us but unrealistic, there are not limited for the subject in his work. He have various work, from portrait to still life, from still life to abstract.

'My work is aimed at creating a world in which I wish to live. Consequently, it is about creating ideals with the aid of realistic techniques. My most fundamental motivation is a desire for unity, fusion and sense of community.'

The works in here demonstrate Tillmans's concern with the physical process of making photographs, from chemical darkroom processes and their potential to create abstract pictures without the camera, to digtal technology that is vital to the production of contemporary images, and the paper onto wich they are printed.

Shanghai night, 2009

I can see Tillmans is interested in social life. His photographs of individuals and groups are underpinned by his conviction that we are all vulnerable and that our well-being depend upon knowing that we are not alone in the world.

There is a playback room in this exhibition, is a space designed for listening to recorded music. I heard three tracks in this room, three are by colourbox (an English band who were active between 1982 and 1987). Tillmans is a fan of this band and because they never performed live thus emphasising the importance of the studio recordings.  I appreciate that and I spend quite a long time in there, it encourage us to think about how recorded music can be given prominence in museum setting. ( After I came back and did some research of Tillmans, I was surprised that Tillmans not just taking photos but also make music. )

I noticed he never frame his works, he just stick them on the walls. That is what I like about him, never use those thing to exalt his works. I think he is a distinctive photographer, his work have a sense of provoking, challenging the limitation of photography and art.