Jeff Wall has transformed the way we think about photography. By aligning photography with a broader pictorial tradition and considering it in its relations to other arts – painting, but also cinema and literature – Wall has redefined its essence and extended the field of its possibilities. Each of Wall’s 'photographic tableaux', whether the lightboxes, dating from 1978, or his more recent large-format prints, opens up a reflection on the very notion of image.
At Mudam, Wall’s carefully planned display is organized around various preoccupations that have been at the heart of his photographic oeuvre from the beginning: the construction of the image, the gaze, the gesture, the figure and the landscape, as well as speech and literature.
On the occasion of the exhibition, a catalogue bringing together three new essays on Jeff Wall's work by David Campany, Jean-François Chevrier and Bernd Stiegler is published (Edition Cantz).
The exhibition Jeff Wall . Appearance is co-organised by the Kunsthalle Mannheim and Mudam Luxembourg – Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean.
