PORTFOLIO - Jeff Wall
In Jeff Wall’s photographs, there is an attraction and deflection – a push and pull of ideological thrusts and formal repartées – that entraps the viewer. Standing in front of a large-scale back-lit Cibachrome, one is caught in the middle of an exquisitely choreographed duel between painting and photography.
Volunteer, 1996, silver gelatin print, 221,5 x 313 cm ; Office Hallway, Spring Street, Los Angeles, 1997, transparency in lightbox, 195 x 226,5 cm ; Housekeeping, 1996, silver gelatin print, 192 x 258 cm ; Citizen, 1996, silver gelatin print, 181 x 234 cm, courtesy of the artist.
© Jeff Wall
Rear, 304 W. 25 Ave., May 20, 1997, 1.14 & 1.17 p.m., 1997, montage of two silver gelatin prints, 229 x 349,5 cm ; 8056 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, 9 a.m., 24 September 1996, 1996, silver gelatin print, 203,5 x 256 cm, courtesy of the artist.
© Jeff Wall
Dot Tuer · CV46 · Thursday, 01 April 1999 00:00
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