ART BY ARTISTS CLOVIS AND DARNELL KNOW: WOLFGANG TILLMANS
When the original Tillmans steamed over from Germany and rolled through Ellis Island they rolled out the other side missing the trailing "s" on their last name. Tillmans became Tillman much in the same way that Larrabee became Larabee. Immigration officials mangled and shortened and otherwise misspelled many immigrant family names. But they didn't break family ties and Clovis and Darnell maintain theirs with cousin Wolfgang Tillmans, the German artist and possessor of a big chunk of the clan's artistic talent and nearly all of its artistic success. The boys would be the first to admit that. With a massive CV and awesome body of work, a sniff of which is below, more of which is on Wolfgang's site and the hulking bulk of which is a bit intimidating. No wonder our boys drink too much.