Apart from the seminal portraits, party images and still lifes that gained him recognition in the nineties, Wolfgang Tillmans long ago began dealing with more abstract motifs. Over the past decade he has consistently developed his approach to create totally non-representational works that examine themes such as the process of exposure and image supports. From the delicate veils of colour in Blushes and Freischwimmer, to the sculptural paper drops made of rolled-up photographic paper, to the colourfully compelling works of the Lighter series, the photograph itself — essentially divorced from its reproductive function — becomes the objet d'art.