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Monday, February 26, 2007
Jeff Wall at the MoMA
Alright, browsing through the New York Times I came across an article about a new exhibition at the MoMA about Jeff Wall. This is nice, maybe I'll have the chance to see the show?
Here some excerpts from the article regarding the photo that I mentioned before:
"Another example is an elaborate battle scene made in 1992 but based on the Soviet Union’s conflict with Afghanistan in the 1980s. Continuing in the tradition of Otto Dix and George Grosz, but also harking back to the French academic painter Meissonier, the image has a strangely old-fashioned look, as if just exhumed from a war museum. Until you notice that this is a macabre vision: the dead Soviet soldiers strewn about are all awake — laughing, crying and fingering their gruesome wounds."
Alright, browsing through the New York Times I came across an article about a new exhibition at the MoMA about Jeff Wall. This is nice, maybe I'll have the chance to see the show?
Here some excerpts from the article regarding the photo that I mentioned before:
"Another example is an elaborate battle scene made in 1992 but based on the Soviet Union’s conflict with Afghanistan in the 1980s. Continuing in the tradition of Otto Dix and George Grosz, but also harking back to the French academic painter Meissonier, the image has a strangely old-fashioned look, as if just exhumed from a war museum. Until you notice that this is a macabre vision: the dead Soviet soldiers strewn about are all awake — laughing, crying and fingering their gruesome wounds."
Labels: inspiration, jeff wall, New York, photography
¶ 2/26/2007 03:40:00 PM 0 comments
