Tillmans first gained attention in the late 1980s for his deceptively simple, provocative glimpses of international youth culture, first published in the British style magazine i-D. More recently, he has applied his mastery of color to a new interest in abstraction, working in the same loose, improvisational mode that characterized his earlier portraits and still lifes. With their lush, high-key chromaticism and visceral emotional impact, Tillmans's best photographs aspire to the condition of the perfect three-minute pop song. This work is titled after a recording by the New York-based group The Magnetic Fields.
