Wolfgang Tillmans, Freischwimmer 26, 2003
Source: Wikimedia Commons [no higher-res image available]
On March 6 at Christie’s contemporary art auction in London, Wolfgang Tillmans sold his cameraless photo Freischwimmer 186 (2011) for £269,000 (approx. $329,000). It’s a marvelous piece of work. You can see it on artnet.
For more on the German-born, London-based fine-art photographer, winner of the Turner Prize in 2000, see his gallery on artnet and a collection of articles put together by Andrea Rosen Gallery in New York.
The Art Dive 
Very artistic
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Mira Tudor, Thank you for the links and the share. Does Tillmans explain what prompted his Freischwimmer series? He employs color daintily in some, dramatically in others. I love the blues and blacks in number 186.
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He talks about his interest in astronomy and how abstraction exists in nature as well, not only in art. He also mentions the pleasure of handling photographic paper 🙂 and exposing it to light tools.
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