Wolfgang Tillmans “Lichter” Opens at Wako Works of Art

For his fourth exhibition at Wako Works of Art, Wolfgang Tillmans is showing a variety of new work.

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Wolfgang Tillmans "Lichter"

at Wako Works of Art
in the Shinjuku area
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In Photo Reports by Ashley Rawlings 2008-04-13 print email

Despite heavy rain, the exhibition pulled in many of the photographer's fans.

This wall features one of the two photographic installations Tillmans made specially for this exhibition, 'Installation II' (2008), composed of 9 C-prints.

Tillmans' new work takes glossy photographic paper and presents it as an object in its own right, rather than as a medium of representation. In this image: 'Lichter 52' (2008), c-print, 51 x 60.8 cm, ed. 1/1

'Lichter 49' (2008), c-print, 60.8 x 51 cm, ed. 1/1'Lichter 50' (2008), c-print, 60.8 x 51 cm, ed. 1/1

Gallery owner Kiyoshi Wako with Wolfgang Tillmans.

Tillmans has also included one of his large 'photocopy' photographs that plays with visual flatness and different means for documenting ephemeral imagery. In this image: 'George and Dragon' (2008), C-print, 135 x 200 cm, ed 1/1

Ashley Rawlings

Ashley Rawlings. Born in 1981 in London. After a year of studying painting and mixed media at Chelsea College of Art & Design, he took on Japanese Studies at Cambridge. He moved to Tokyo in 2005, where he studies the history of Japanese post-war art at Sophia University and works as a freelance writer, translator and editor. As well as writing and editing for TABlog, he writes for the Japan Times and the ART iT website. He is also the editor of Art Space Tokyo, an intimate guide to the Tokyo art world. When not in galleries and museums or taking photographs, he enjoys losing himself in among Tokyo's skyscrapers, wandering silent streets, and riding out the occasional earthquakes. Will only consider returning to Britain once they've fixed the weather. » See other writings

Comments

  1. stella whalley
    2008-04-19

    Hi Ashley
    Thank you for coming to the opening of Tokorode the other evening. I have been reading your reviews from the computer at the gallery, which are informative and giving me some idea of where to start looking at shows.Damon ,Estelle and I are interested in showing work for the next 101 art fair event, I think they were talking to you about it so Ill have to check their criteria and costs etc.
    Would you like some images from the Tokorode exhibition for your listings?
    my contact number is 08034913990 unfortunately I cannot access my home email but you can contact me through the gallery.
    Many thanks again
    Stella

  2. Ben
    2008-04-19

    I saw this show in Berlin recently, it was incredible!

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