The artist's first solo exhibition in Portugal at Museu Serralves in Porto
2016
January 30–April 25
On the Verge of Visibility—Wolfgang Tillmans’s first solo exhibition in Portugal—presented photographic works by the artist spanning 1995 to 2016, as well as new video installations. The works were presented in a site-specific installation occupying more than 3,000 square feet of exhibition space.
Curated by Susanne Cotter, Director of the Museum Serralves, the exhibition included a number of Tillmans's photographs of the sea and sky. The artist explains his interest in these subjects in relation to the idea of borders—both real and intangible. He writes, " . . . of course all the images in our show deal with water, not only the sea pictures. as clouds are water vapour . . . The show has an underlying thread running through it, which is borders. different states of matter, between gaseous and solid and liquid. And distribution within the image area, and symbolically so in the world of humans and goods."
The exhibition publication includes images of the works, installation views, and a text by Susanne Cotter. Published by Fundação de Serralves