Jeff wall

As a research point, we are asked to read OCA tutor, Sharon Boothroyd’s article, Beneath the Surface. The article is a discussion about Jeff Wall’s photo, Insomnia. In this article Boo…

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.

From Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Jeff Wall, Monologue (2013), Lightjet print, 240 × 290 cm

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

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.

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

Jeff Wall

Jeff Wall

Jeff Wall, The Thinker, 1986