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Wolfgang Tillmans

Lot 325
Andy on Baker Street
chromogenic print


Lot 325
Andy on Baker Street
chromogenic print

Estimate: R 80,000 - 120,000
€ 4,000 - 6,100
Auction: -1 days

Strauss & Co. Cape Town

City: Cape Town
Auction: Sep 18, 2024
Auction number: 358
Auction name: Ways of Seeing: South African and International Photography

Lot Details
Another example from the edition is in the collection of the Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA.

Wolfgang Tillmans is celebrated for his portrait work, often featuring friends in candid, yet deeply personal moments that reveal a wide range of human experiences and emotions. He approaches his photography not from a fashion angle, but rather a documentative one as he makes no attempt to obscure the realities of the locations and subjectivities he depicts. His practice is defined by a collaborative process with his subjects, whom he refers to as "accomplices." Despite their grit and honest presentation, the works are still delicately choreographed and deliberately constructed. Though these probing images reflect his own subjective experiences, they also operate on a more general level, recording a specific dimension of our contemporary culture. His work challenges conventional genre definitions, making ordinary subjects and urban vistas as compelling as his human portraits.1

1. Guggenheim Museum (no date) Wolfgang Tillmans: Andy on Baker Street, online, https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/9648, accessed 23 August 2024
Meisner Gallery, New York. Phillips, New York, 14 November 2009, lot 139. The Gary Eisenberg Collection.
Lot Details
Another example from the edition is in the collection of the Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA.

Wolfgang Tillmans is celebrated for his portrait work, often featuring friends in candid, yet deeply personal moments that reveal a wide range of human experiences and emotions. He approaches his photography not from a fashion angle, but rather a documentative one as he makes no attempt to obscure the realities of the locations and subjectivities he depicts. His practice is defined by a collaborative process with his subjects, whom he refers to as "accomplices." Despite their grit and honest presentation, the works are still delicately choreographed and deliberately constructed. Though these probing images reflect his own subjective experiences, they also operate on a more general level, recording a specific dimension of our contemporary culture. His work challenges conventional genre definitions, making ordinary subjects and urban vistas as compelling as his human portraits.1

1. Guggenheim Museum (no date) Wolfgang Tillmans: Andy on Baker Street, online, https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/9648, accessed 23 August 2024
Meisner Gallery, New York. Phillips, New York, 14 November 2009, lot 139. The Gary Eisenberg Collection.

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