He did some experimentation with
conceptual art while in college but did not start producing works until he was 31, when his first photo-transparencies came out. His initial works referred to philosophical issues at work in representation and art history. One of Jeff Wall's more well known works isMimic (1982), which features an Asian man and a white couple walking toward the camera in a color transparency.
« I find my observations interesting. Maybe that is why I am a photographer. Maybe an observation is an experience that means more to you than other experiences. »
Jeff Wall
The white man is mocking the Asian man by pulling his eye down into a slanted shape, in a recreation of a social exchange that Wall actually witnessed. The recreation is designed to capture
Read More He did some experimentation with
conceptual art while in college but did not start producing works until he was 31, when his first photo-transparencies came out. His initial works referred to philosophical issues at work in representation and art history. One of Jeff Wall's more well known works isMimic (1982), which features an Asian man and a white couple walking toward the camera in a color transparency.
« I find my observations interesting. Maybe that is why I am a photographer. Maybe an observation is an experience that means more to you than other experiences. »
Jeff Wall
The white man is mocking the Asian man by pulling his eye down into a slanted shape, in a recreation of a social exchange that Wall actually witnessed. The recreation is designed to capture the tension of the moment, a typical feature of Wall's photo-transparencies.
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