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Wolfgang Tillmans\u2019 success is dizzying\u2014the 51-year-old artist is the first photographer (and first non-British person) to win the Turner Prize (in 2000), the subject of 23 solo exhibitions, and the recipient of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. One of the most celebrated and respected photographers working today, Tillmans has long dedicated himself to documenting counterculture, young people and human relationships in all their glory. Between capturing nightlife and club-culture, to producing more overtly political pieces in recent years, Tillmans’ photographs are deeply entrenched in social movements. From his Between Bridges<\/em> campaign before the EU referendum, to his stark portrayal of HIV medication in 17 years supply<\/em>, his work has become a brilliant fusion of photography and activism.\u00a0<\/span>In celebration of the visionary\u2019s birthday we take a look back at some of his career highlights.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hedonistic nudes at Berghain<\/h2>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"images","gallery":[{"ID":78999,"id":78999,"title":"","filename":"berghain-wolfgang.tillmans-ostgut.freischwimmer-e1565961172786.jpg","filesize":191111,"url":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/berghain-wolfgang.tillmans-ostgut.freischwimmer-e1565961172786.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/wolfgang-tillmans-explained\/katalog\/","alt":"","author":"1","description":"","caption":"","name":"katalog","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":78998,"date":"2019-08-16 13:11:51","modified":"2019-08-16 13:42:13","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1500,"height":590,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/berghain-wolfgang.tillmans-ostgut.freischwimmer-e1565961172786.jpg","thumbnail-width":128,"thumbnail-height":50,"medium":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/berghain-wolfgang.tillmans-ostgut.freischwimmer-e1565961172786.jpg","medium-width":1500,"medium-height":590,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/berghain-wolfgang.tillmans-ostgut.freischwimmer-e1565961172786.jpg","medium_large-width":1500,"medium_large-height":590,"large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/berghain-wolfgang.tillmans-ostgut.freischwimmer-e1565961172786.jpg","large-width":1500,"large-height":590,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/berghain-wolfgang.tillmans-ostgut.freischwimmer-e1565961172786.jpg","1536x1536-width":1500,"1536x1536-height":590,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/berghain-wolfgang.tillmans-ostgut.freischwimmer-e1565961172786.jpg","2048x2048-width":1500,"2048x2048-height":590,"trp-custom-language-flag":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/berghain-wolfgang.tillmans-ostgut.freischwimmer-e1565961172786.jpg","trp-custom-language-flag-width":18,"trp-custom-language-flag-height":7,"wpvr_mobile":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/berghain-wolfgang.tillmans-ostgut.freischwimmer-e1565961172786.jpg","wpvr_mobile-width":1500,"wpvr_mobile-height":590}}],"settings":{"fit_width":"10","caption":"Photograph provided by Hatje Cantz."}},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_area","text_area":"

Rising to fame in the ’90s, for his arresting documentation of club culture, it feels like a natural conclusion for Tillmans\u2019 work to find a home in the famed Berlin club. Berghain contains several works of art, but Tillmans\u2019 works are unquestionably some of the club’s most striking. Beginning with a series of abstract inkjet prints, Tillmans’ Berghain pieces include inkjet prints and a triptych of the human form in Panorama Bar. The first photograph, Nakt<\/em>\u00a0(2004) displays a naked woman spreading her legs, which was then followed by\u00a0Philip, close-up III<\/em>\u00a0in 2009\u2014a close-up shot of a naked man, bent over. Tillmans\u2019 final piece arrived in 2017, with the installation of a photograph of a throat and tonsils. Zoomed in and abrasive; the images are liberal and unashamed in their depiction of sexuality and lust. The perfect compliment to their hedonistic home.<\/span><\/p>\n

Musical credits on Frank Ocean’s Blonde<\/em><\/h2>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"instagram","code":"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BJWc3WSDm8o\/","settings":{"width":"10"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_area","text_area":"

Largely famed for his talents behind the lens, many people were surprised to learn that Tillmans would be appearing on Frank Ocean\u2019s critically acclaimed album Blonde<\/em>\u00a0(for which Tillmans shot the cover-art). Tillmans, it turns out, was just as shocked. \u201cThree weeks ago I showed him [Ocean] a few songs, which I had written and produced for myself, and he replied ‘Device Contro<\/em>l is brilliant. Love. Can I sample it for the intro of my album?\u201d, Tillmans wrote in a 2016 Instagram post<\/a>, \u201cI agreed and to my excited surprise this morning he didn\u2019t just sample it. He released my complete original track as the end of this amazing album.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201c<\/span>The official Remain campaign feels lame and is lacking in passion,\u201d said Tillmans in an open letter<\/a> back in 2016, \u201cIt also lacks an active drive to get voters registered\u2014and with the deadline already falling two weeks before the referendum, this should be an urgent priority.\u201d As the confusion and uncertainty that is Brexit looms large over the UK, Tillmans\u2019 words feel a little eerie and bittersweet. His relentless campaigning to remain in the EU, and his creation of various pro-Remain artworks, was the obvious pinnacle in a career that has long blurred the lines between art and activism.<\/span><\/p>\n

Zoom-in\u00a0crustacean for Olivia Laing’s Crudo\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"images","gallery":[{"ID":79003,"id":79003,"title":"crudo","filename":"crudo-e1565962133895.jpg","filesize":443164,"url":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/crudo-e1565962133895.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/wolfgang-tillmans-explained\/crudo\/","alt":"","author":"1","description":"","caption":"","name":"crudo","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":78998,"date":"2019-08-16 13:23:06","modified":"2019-08-16 13:23:06","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1261,"height":1920,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/crudo-e1565962133895.jpg","thumbnail-width":63,"thumbnail-height":96,"medium":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/crudo-e1565962133895.jpg","medium-width":1261,"medium-height":1920,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/crudo-e1565962133895.jpg","medium_large-width":1261,"medium_large-height":1920,"large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/crudo-e1565962133895.jpg","large-width":1261,"large-height":1920,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/crudo-e1565962133895.jpg","1536x1536-width":1009,"1536x1536-height":1536,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/crudo-e1565962133895.jpg","2048x2048-width":1261,"2048x2048-height":1920,"trp-custom-language-flag":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/crudo-e1565962133895.jpg","trp-custom-language-flag-width":8,"trp-custom-language-flag-height":12,"wpvr_mobile":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/crudo-e1565962133895.jpg","wpvr_mobile-width":1261,"wpvr_mobile-height":1920}}],"settings":{"fit_width":"4","caption":"Crudo by Olivia Laing. Image courtesy of Pan Macmillan."}},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_area","text_area":"

\u201c<\/span>Crudo<\/span><\/i> is the first book I\u2019ve written where I knew exactly what image I wanted on the cover,\u201d revealed author Olivia Laing in 2018, \u201cIt\u2019s a fantastic photograph: at once disgusting and voluptuous, stomach-churningly gorgeous.\u201d The image in question: a Tillmans’ masterpiece, of course. Called\u00a0<\/span>asto crusto, <\/span><\/i>Tillmans\u2019 photograph of a crustacean was shown at his retrospective at Tate Modern in 2017. Large, meaty and a little grotesque, <\/span>asto crusto <\/span><\/i>is an example of Tillmans\u2019 flare for vulgarity and his unique eye for strange details. The fly hovering over the decadent and discarded meal is an emblem of imperfection. We can see why Laing was so desperate to have it on the front cover of her novel.<\/span><\/p>\n

Love is political<\/h2>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"images","gallery":[{"ID":79006,"id":79006,"title":"The Cock (kiss) 2002 by Wolfgang Tillmans born 1968","filename":"the-cock.jpg","filesize":139230,"url":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/the-cock.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/wolfgang-tillmans-explained\/the-cock-kiss-2002-by-wolfgang-tillmans-born-1968\/","alt":"","author":"1","description":"","caption":"The Cock (kiss) 2002.","name":"the-cock-kiss-2002-by-wolfgang-tillmans-born-1968","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":78998,"date":"2019-08-16 13:23:15","modified":"2019-08-16 13:24:01","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1026,"height":1536,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/the-cock.jpg","thumbnail-width":64,"thumbnail-height":96,"medium":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/the-cock.jpg","medium-width":1026,"medium-height":1536,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/the-cock.jpg","medium_large-width":1026,"medium_large-height":1536,"large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/the-cock.jpg","large-width":1026,"large-height":1536,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/the-cock.jpg","1536x1536-width":1026,"1536x1536-height":1536,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/the-cock.jpg","2048x2048-width":1026,"2048x2048-height":1536,"trp-custom-language-flag":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/the-cock.jpg","trp-custom-language-flag-width":8,"trp-custom-language-flag-height":12,"wpvr_mobile":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/the-cock.jpg","wpvr_mobile-width":1026,"wpvr_mobile-height":1536}}],"settings":{"fit_width":"4","caption":"The Cock (kiss). 2002. \u00a9 Wolfgang Tillmans, courtesy Maureen Paley, London. "}},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_area","text_area":"

One of his most shared and beloved images, Tillmans\u2019 The Cock (Kiss)<\/em> (2002)is a sweaty, lively, and joyful presentation of sexuality.\u00a0 First exhibited in 2002,\u00a0\u00a0The Cock (Kiss)<\/em>\u00a0embodies Tillmans\u2019 touching, humanistic approach to photography. The work is intimate and personal, echoing Tillmans\u2019 skilful ability to convey authentic and tender human relationships. It is also a political piece of art, however, now firmly steeped in history. In one of its early exhibitions, the image was vandalised and slashed, while on display <\/span>at the Hirshhorn Museum, in Washington. \u201cI\u2019m always aware that one should never take liberties for granted,\u201d said Tillmans at the time, \u201cbeauty is of course always political, as it describes what is acceptable or desirable in society. That is never fixed, and always needs reaffirming and defending.\u201d The politics surrounding\u00a0The Cock (Kiss)<\/em>\u00a0 have not subsided. Following the Orlando shooting in 2016, Tillmans photograph became one of the most popular images to be shared on social media. Triumphant and unapologetic,\u00a0The Cock (Kiss)<\/em>\u00a0has acted as a defiant form of protest against homophobic behaviour.<\/span><\/p>\n"}]},"yoast_head":"\nWolfgang Tillmans explained in 5 works Wolfgang Tillmans explained in 5 works<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/wolfgang-tillmans-explained\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"de_DE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wolfgang Tillmans explained in 5 works Wolfgang Tillmans explained in 5 works\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/wolfgang-tillmans-explained\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sleek Magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sleekmag\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-08-16T15:45:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-08-22T15:30:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@sleekmag\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@sleekmag\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Verfasst von\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Madeleine Fletcher\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/\",\"name\":\"Sleek Magazine\",\"description\":\"Sleek is Germany\u2019s leading independent media house\/brand for creativity and innovation located in Berlin the creative capital of the world. 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