Jeff wall

From Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Jeff Wall, Monologue (2013), Lightjet print, 240 × 290 cm

As a research point, we are asked to read OCA tutor, Sharon Boothroyd’s article, Beneath the Surface. The article is a discussion about Jeff Wall’s photo, Insomnia. In this article Boo…

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Inspired by painters such as Velázquez and Goya and obsessed with composition, the Canadian artist has become known for large-scale, backlit tableaux. He’s transformed the medium with work that has the dramatic power of 19th-century paintings – but a subject matter that is wholly modern

Jeff Wall explains the stories and literary allusions behind two of his photographs that will appear in an exhibition at Gagosian, New York, in November.

Jeff Wall operates at the unique intersection of cinematography, composition, and archive. Nicholas Cullinan hosted a virtual conversation with the photographer in which Wall discussed his process, his inspirations, and the future of photography.

transparency in lightbox 72 x 89 5/8 x 10 1/4 in. (182.88 x 227.65 x 26.04 cm)

Exhibition. Feb 25–May 14, 2007. Jeff Wall (Canadian, b. 1946) is widely recognized as one of the most adventurous and inventive artists of his generation. This retrospective surveys his career from the late 1970s to the present through some forty works. The exhibition features his major lightbox photographs and trace the evolution of his principal themes and pictorial strategies. The exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue, with an essay by Peter Galassi and an interview with Jeff Wall…

Art21 is the world’s leading source to learn directly from the artists of our time. The mission of Art21 is to educate and expand access to contemporary art through the production of documentary films, resources, and public programs.