ZWISCHEN 1943 UND 1973 LAGEN 30 JAHRE. 30 JAHRE NACH 1973 WAR DAS JAHR 2003

Installation view of the exhibition ZWISCHEN 1943 UND 1973 LAGEN 30 JAHRE. 30 JAHRE NACH 1973 WAR DAS JAHR 2003, by Wolfgang Tillmans, at Kunstverein, in Hamburg, dated 2017.

Solo exhibition at Kunstverein in Hamburg

2017

September 23–November 12

In honor of the 200th anniversary of the Kunstverein in Hamburg, Wolfgang Tillmans created a large scale installation which reflected on his practice of the last 30 years.

Titled ZWISCHEN 1943 UND 1973 LAGEN 30 JAHRE. 30 JAHRE NACH 1973 WAR DAS JAHR 2003 (There were 30 years between 1943 and 1793. 30 years from 1973 was the year 2003), the installation incorporated a 4-channel sound work created specifically for the Kunstverein, video work, and large scale photographs which were being presented publicly for the first time. Also included was an installation on metal tables which extends the artist’s truth study center project, begun in 2005.

The artist has long been connected to Hamburg, where his first exhibition was held at a cafe in 1988. In 2001, Deichtorhallen presented his first major museum survey.