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Jeff Wall / Craig Burnett.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Modern artists (London, England)Publisher: London : Tate Pub, 2005Description: 121 pages : colour illustrations ; 27 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 185437611X
  • 9781854376114
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 779.092 22
LOC classification:
  • TR647 .W358 2005
Contents:
1. The painter of modern life -- 2. Conflict and dialogue (1984-9) -- 3. Everyday fantasies and impossible realities (1989-93) -- 4. The still point of a good picture (1993-6) -- 5. Space, fate and democracy (1996-9) -- 6. Invisible chimeras (2000-present) -- Context : the wisdom of pictures.
Review: "Born in 1946 in Vancouver, Canada, Jeff Wall is one of the most intriguing and influential artists working in photography today. His signature works are large-scale transparencies mounted in light-boxes in the manner of billboard advertisements. Wall's photographs celebrate moments of everyday life, often ones he has observed while driving around the streets of his native Vancouver and then re-created, using actors. With their diverse references to film, literature and the history of art, Wall's photographs repay close study. Six key works are examined in depth in this survey, which includes rich material from new interviews with the artist and an overview of his career to date."--BOOK JACKET.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 779.092 WAL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A294705B

Includes index.

Published to accompany the exhibition "Jeff Wall" held at Tate Modern, 21 October 2005 - 6 January 2006.

1. The painter of modern life -- 2. Conflict and dialogue (1984-9) -- 3. Everyday fantasies and impossible realities (1989-93) -- 4. The still point of a good picture (1993-6) -- 5. Space, fate and democracy (1996-9) -- 6. Invisible chimeras (2000-present) -- Context : the wisdom of pictures.

"Born in 1946 in Vancouver, Canada, Jeff Wall is one of the most intriguing and influential artists working in photography today. His signature works are large-scale transparencies mounted in light-boxes in the manner of billboard advertisements. Wall's photographs celebrate moments of everyday life, often ones he has observed while driving around the streets of his native Vancouver and then re-created, using actors. With their diverse references to film, literature and the history of art, Wall's photographs repay close study. Six key works are examined in depth in this survey, which includes rich material from new interviews with the artist and an overview of his career to date."--BOOK JACKET.

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