Word: tillmansã
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Dates: during 2002-2002
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...white shirt with light yellow stains begins to raise questions. Why is it stained? Whose shirt is it? The object itself is boring and dormant, but the truth lies in the details. It may have belonged to a deceased lover, or maybe not; one often wonders if Wolfgang Tillmans??€™ images are authentic or posed in such a way that they look authentic. It doesn’t seem to matter, however, as these objects represent details of anyone’s life. Whether or not we come away with a greater appreciation for fruit or beer bottles...
...their decadent, self-destructive lives. Luscious pomegranates, the bright colors of tomatoes and oranges, even the morning light present in nearly every image are far from the sadness that pervades many of those photographs not included in this show, such as Jochen taking a bath (1997), which shows Tillmans??€™ lover just before his death from AIDS. Indeed, new LA still life (2001), located on the back wall of the exhibition space, is almost comical, as a pineapple hovers above clear rock candy, fruits and vegetables...
...orange peels or pomegranate skins. Viewed in the context of his portraits, one begins to see that these disposable items are the traces left behind by that same group of have-fun-now-deal-with-the-consequences-later friends. For someone whose life is as tinged with sadness as Tillmans??€™, the poignancy of such banal objects is made apparent, with the vivid color and inherent beauty of them simply a vehicle for grabbing our attention...
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