Specific Pictures

In his photographic work - staged, apparently quotidian scenes in large-format light boxes - Jeff Wall makes sophisticated references to art history. Author Stefan Gronert traces the complex strategies of appropriating and reinterpreting famous works of art which Jeff Wall's pictures render in a manner that seems so timelessly contemporary.

About the author

Jeff Wall, Künstler, geboren 1946 in Vancouver / Kanada, lebt und arbeitet in Vancouver.

Summary

In his photographic work – staged, apparently quotidian scenes in large-format light boxes – Jeff Wall makes sophisticated references to art history. Author Stefan Gronert traces the complex strategies of appropriating and reinterpreting famous works of art which Jeff Wall’s pictures render in a manner that seems so timelessly contemporary.

Product details

• Authors: Stefa Gronert, Stefan Gronert, Jeff Wall
• Assisted by: Jeff Wall (Photographs), Stefa Gronert (Editor), Stefan Gronert (Editor)
• Publisher: Schirmer-Mosel
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2016
• EAN: 9783829607803
• ISBN: 978-3-8296-0780-3
• No. of pages: 128
• Dimensions: 247 mm x 288 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 1111 g
• Illustrations: 17 Farbtafeln + 25 Abb.
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Kunst, Fotografie, Computerkunst, Photographie, auseinandersetzen, Jeff Wall