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To call Till a pure conceptual artist, however, would fall short. Rather, he must be seen as a humorously obsessed archaeologist of contemporary art.

In his multilayered works, Till mostly deals with iconographic works of famous artists. He peels out their essential features, alienates them, contextualizes them, establishes intriguing connections, and gives them a new meaning. In doing so, he sometimes deliberately leads the viewer astray, sometimes right to the core of the alienated works. What he always succeeds in doing, however, is ironically working with and paying tribute to the works …