Jeff Wall
dal 19/2/2007 al 13/5/2007
Segnalato da
19/2/2007
Jeff Wall
The Museum of Modern Art - MoMA, New York
Retrospective. Since 1978, he has worked principally in the distinctive medium of large color photographs presented as transparencies in light boxes. His unique pictorial universe ranges from gritty realism to elaborate fantasy, drawing upon an unusually broad range of sources, including nineteenth-century painting, Conceptual art, narrative cinema, and modernist photography. Curated by Peter Galassi and Neal Benezra.
Retrospective
curated by Peter Galassi and Neal Benezra
Jeff Wall (Canadian, born 1946) is widely recognized as one of the most
adventurous and inventive artists of his generation. Since 1978, he
has worked principally in the distinctive medium of large color photographs
presented as transparencies in light boxes. His unique pictorial universe ranges from gritty realism to elaborate fantasy, drawing upon
an unusually broad range of sources, including nineteenth-century
painting, Conceptual art, narrative cinema, and modernist photography.
This major retrospective comprises 41 works that span Wall’s career from
1978 to the present. It presents a robust assembly of ambitious and
celebrated pictures, including Picture for Women (1979), Mimic (1982),
The Storyteller (1986), A Sudden Gust of Wind (after Hokusai) (1993),
Restoration (1993), and After “Invisible Man” by Ralph Ellison, the
Prologue (1999-2000). Four recent pictures will be shown for the first
time in North America, including a large multi-figure composition titled In
front of a nightclub (2006).
Following its New York showing, the exhibition
will travel to the Art Institute of Chicago (June 30–September 23,
2007) and concludes its tour at SFMOMA (October 27, 2007–January 6,
2008). Organized jointly by The Museum of Modern Art and the San
Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the exhibition is co-curated by Peter
Galassi, Chief Curator of Photography, MoMA, and Neal Benezra, Director,
SFMOMA. Two publications will be published by MoMA to accompany
the exhibition: Jeff Wall, including all of the works in the exhibition, an
interview with Jeff Wall by James Rondeau, Curator of Modern and
Contemporary Art at the Art Institute of Chicago, and an essay by Mr.
Galassi; and Jeff Wall: Selected Essays and Interviews is the first collection
of Jeff Wall’s essays and interviews to be published in English.
The exhibition is organized by The Museum of Modern Art and the San Francisco
Museum of Modern Art. The New York presentation of the exhibition is made
possible by Maja Oeri and Hans Bodenmann. Major corporate support is provided
by RBC Capital Markets. The accompanying publications are made possible by
Carol and David Appel.
Press Preview: February 20, 2007, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
The Joan and Preston Robert Tisch Gallery, sixth floor - MoMA
11 West 53 Street - New York