From Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Jeff Wall, Monologue (2013), Lightjet print, 240 × 290 cm
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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
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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.
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Jeffrey Wall, OC, RSA (born September 29, 1946) is a Canadian artist best known for his largescale backlit cibachrome photographs and art history writing. Wall has been a key figure in Vancouver's art scene since the early1970s. Early in his career, he helped define the Vancouver School and he ha
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Jeff Wall, 'A Ventriloquist at a Birthday Party in October 1947' 1990. There is something quite unsettling about this photograph. Perhaps the children are too well-behaved, too engaged, too focused. In this cosy home with its warm ambient light, weathered upholstery, and fireplace. The placement of figures is meticulous, they are posed but it does not seem contrived. The weight is evenly distributed along the bottom half of the image, balanced by the balloons in the top half.
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Art historian Robin Kelsey examines photographs of all kinds to reveal what they say about human history, society, and culture.
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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.
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Day Eight Jeff Wall (1946-) A Sudden Gust of Wind (after Hokusai), 1993 Jeff Wall is known for his large photographs that are usually backlit; he calls them ‘prose poems’. This early example is deliberately constructed to mirror the woodblock print by 19th century artist Hokusai, using actors and over 100 photographs to capture the illusion of something that really happened. www.whitecube.com/artists/wall/
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transparency in lightbox 72 x 89 5/8 x 10 1/4 in. (182.88 x 227.65 x 26.04 cm)
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Jeff Wall pioneered large-scale photography, transcending the classical into the contemporary. His critically acclaimed work, produced in the form of colour transparencies displayed in lightboxes since the 1980s, was inspired by the backlit advertisements found at bus stops in Europe.
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A Sudden Gust of Wind | Photo by Jeff Wall
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Jeff Wall. Milk. 1984. Silver dye bleach transparency; aluminum light box. Image: 6 ft. 2 1/2 in. × 7 ft. 6 1/4 in. (189.2 × 229.2 cm) Lightbox: 6 ft. 8 1/2 in. × 8 ft. 1/2 in. × 8 3/4 in. (204.5 × 245.1 × 22.2 cm). Acquired through the Mary Joy Thomson Legacy. 480.2004. © 2025 Jeff Wall. Photography
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In 2013, the PAC in Milan presented the first major retrospective of Italian contemporary photographer: Jeff Wall. Canadian, born in Vancover in 1946, initially interested in fine arts and painting…
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Jeff Wall | The Drain 1989
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Haven’t we had enough of the invasive, random, apolitical, sexist vision of the street enshrined in Garry Winogrand’s work? Winogrand was an atavistic force, the first Google cam, shooting without looking, at anything that moved, not quite believing in anything he didn’t photograph. How can this work speak to today’s…
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on photo-conceptualism interview by ALEXIS DAHAN All artworks courtesy of JEFF WALL In 1995, the renowned Canadian artist Jeff Wall published Marks of
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