Jeff Wall
(Sprache: Englisch)
A complete overview of the pioneering artist who brought photography to contemporary art.
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A complete overview of the pioneering artist who brought photography to contemporary art.
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Jeff Wall (b.1946) adopts the nineteenth-century poet Baudelaire's famous description of one of his contemporaries as 'a painter of modern life' to describe his own very different work: huge transparencies mounted on to light boxes that diffuse a brilliant glow of white light evenly through his photographs of contemporary urban scenes and 'constructed' social situations.
Wall is foremost among the pioneering artists who since the late 1960s have brought photography to the forefront of contemporary art. His constructed images employ the latest sophisticated technology in the creation of compelling tableaux, which are evocative of subjects ranging from Hollywood cinema to nineteenth-century history painting. When exhibited in their glowing light boxes they evoke both the seduction of the cinema screen and the physical presence of minimalist sculptures such as Dan Flavin's fluorescent light installations or Donald Judd's metal and Perspex wall reliefs. All of these elements - traditional figurative painting, cinema, Minimalism, Conceptual art, documentary photography - are consciously evoked and explored in Wall's work. Associated closely since the late 1960s with Conceptual artists such as Dan Graham, with whom he collaborated on The Children's Pavilion (1988-93), Wall has engaged at a sophisticated level with theories of representation and its social dimensions both as an artist and as a theoretical writer on contemporary art and culture.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Jeff Wall “
Contents Interview - Arielle Pelenc in conversation with Jeff Wall Survey by Thierry de Duve Focus by Boris Groys Artist's Choice texts by Blaise Pascal and Franz Kafka Artist's Writings by Jeff Wall Update by Jean-Francois Chevrier
Autoren-Porträt von Boris Groys, Thierry de Duve, Jean-Francois Chevrier
Boris Groys wurde 1947 in Ostberlin geboren und ist aufgewachsen in der UdSSR, wo er an verschiedenen wissenschaftlichen Instituten in Leningrad und Moskau arbeitete. Seit 1981 ist er in Deutschland und seit 1994 Professor für Kunstwissenschaft, Philosophie und Medientheorie an der Hochschule für Gestaltung in Karlsruhe.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autoren: Boris Groys , Thierry de Duve , Jean-Francois Chevrier
- 2009, Complete edition., 280 Seiten, 500 Abbildungen, Maße: 26,1 x 30,1 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Phaidon
- ISBN-10: 0714855979
- ISBN-13: 9780714855974
Sprache:
Englisch
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'The boldest, best-executed and most far-reaching publishing project devoted to contemporary art. These books will revolutionize the way contemporary art is presented and written about.' (Artforum) 'A unique series of informative monographs on individual artists.' (The Sunday Times) 'Gives the reader the impression of a personal encounter with the artists. Apart from the writing which is lucid and illuminating, it is undoubtedly the wealth of lavish illustrations which makes looking at these books a satisfying entertainment.' (The Art Book)
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