Jeff Wall on Depiction and Conceptual Photography

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For our third show, we will be discussing the 1995 essay, Marks of Indifference, by photographer Jeff Wall. Where Lewis Baltz left us at the end of the 1970’s in the last discussion, Wall takes on themes and concerns about the progression of photography starting in the 1980s and beyond.

Jeff Wall discussion, ~49m

Show Notes

A Sudden Gust of Wind (after Hokusai)
Silver dye bleach transparency in light box 90 3/16 x 148 7/16″ (229 x 377 cm), 1993, Photo © Tate
© 2006 Jeff Wall
A View from an Apartment
Transparency on light box, support 1670 x 2440 mm, 2004-5, Photo © Tate
© 2006 Jeff Wall
First Mirror Displacement
Earthwork, 1969, Photo © Artforum
© Robert Smithson
Self-Portrait as a Fountain
Chromogenic print, 20 1/16 × 23 15/16 in. (51 × 60.8 cm)
Photo © Whitney
© Bruce Nauman estate