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In the Englishman's first solo exhibition in Germany, paintings, watercolours and objects from the 1970s onwards can be seen. Strong colours in acrylic and complex structures that determine the surfaces and grid constructions give his works textures that juxtapose nature and technology, with quotations from still lifes or landscape references.

Tillyer ascribes an energy to colour that comes from nature. After early paintings of a reduced sign-like quality, such as the large-format work ‘The Blue Vase with Mixed Arrangement’ (1975), Tillyer's painting subsequently gains material …