Milen Till - Hatje Cantz

A page from a book featuring a large photograph of an art installation in a spacious hall with white arched walls and a dark stone floor. The white walls are covered in a dense, grid-like pattern of black dots, which are actually stand-up pens. The hall is symmetrical, with staircases on either side and modern pendant lights hanging from the ceiling. Columns of text surround the image.

A two-page spread from a book. On the left, page 54 shows a photograph of a drummer's stool with a black, studded seat and chrome tripod legs against a white background; a single drumstick rests on the seat. On the right, page 55 has text for an exhibition titled DRUMMER DRAMA at Ruttkowski;68, Köln in 2020.

A two-page spread from an art book. On the left, a large, dark blue rectangular painting hangs on a white gallery wall. The painting is covered in white splatters that form the abstract shape of a drum kit in motion. On the right, a smaller installation shows a drum pedal connected to a blue paint roller, positioned in front of a blue painted circle on the wall, revealing the artistic process.

A two-page spread from a book. On the left, page 94 features a vertical abstract artwork. The piece shows a skeletal, stick-like figure in black on a gray, finely lined background. The artwork is divided by vertical yellow strips resembling rulers with measurement marks. The right page, 95, displays exhibition details: VERMESSEN, Galerie CRONE, Wien, June 10 to August 28, 2021.

A book spread with two images of abstract art. The left page shows a close-up of a square artwork with a collection of small, black, geometric shapes arranged in a circular pattern on a white background. The right page shows an installation view of the same artwork hanging in a white gallery space.

A catalog page on a white background displaying two mirrors with a geometric design. The mirror on the left is a large rectangle, and the one on the right is a smaller square. Both feature thick, studded black straps arranged in a grid pattern over the glass, reminiscent of a Piet Mondrian painting.

A two-page spread from a book. The left page shows a close-up of a square, textured artwork with a dark navy center and a white border. The right page shows an installation view of a white gallery corner displaying three abstract artworks: the same square piece from the left, a large rectangular piece with horizontal wood and silver stripes, and a piece with a jagged black and white pattern.

A two-page spread from an art catalog. On the left, page 136 shows a photograph of a white double door in a white wall, with a small, solid blue triangle centered above it. On the right, page 137, is text for the exhibition: LÜCKENFÜLLER (HOMMAGE À PALERMO), held at Galerie Klüser, München, from November 16 to November 30, 2021.

A diptych of contemporary artworks. On the left, a grid of twelve unique signatures and drawings by various artists on white squares. On the right, a large black ink footprint is pressed vertically onto a sheet of blank musical staff paper.

Milen Till

Till Now

€ 40.00

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Author: Milen Till

By (artist): Milen Till

July 2023, 230 Pages, 170 Photos

Paperback

170mm x 242mm

ISBN: 978-3-7757-5551-1

HATJE CANTZ VERLAG
Mommsenstr. 27
10629 Berlin
Germany
E-Mail: contact@hatjecantz.de

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Till Now provides an overview of the work to date of the young German-French artist Milen Till, whose multi-layered works explore the legacy of conceptual art as well as the ready-made. His playful reinterpretations of masterpieces by Marcel Duchamp, Joseph Beuys, Yves Klein, Sol Le Witt, Bruce Nauman, and many others make him a humorous archaeologist of contemporary art. He takes up their methods and works, alienates them, contextualizes them, rendering them an entirely new meaning. Using a wide variety of methods, means, and tools―from folding rulers to drums and darts―he takes components of art history and the art world's sacrosanct to develop entirely original works with a tongue-in-cheek lightness.

MILEN TILL (*1984, Munich) was one part of the legendary DJ duo Kill The Tills together with his brother Amédée before turning to visual arts in 2016. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich in 2020, and has participated in numerous international solo and group exhibitions. Till lives and works in Munich.