until Sunday June 21 2015

Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
T : +45 (0)8 49 19 07 19
Gl. Strandvej 13
3050 Humlebæk
Denmark

Jeff Wall (born in 1946) is the master of modern photography. Many contemporary painters and photographers are indebted to this artist from Vancouver who prepares every single image with the same care as if it were a theater piece developing in several acts.

Wall is a modern classic. His pieces will be reference points when the history of art in the last few decades of the twentieth century is written. His iconic images captivate the audience by means of an unfolding and never fully explained or transparent story. Wall finds his models in art history, literature and elsewhere. Some photographs appear to be linked to images dating back to the Renaissance, while others draw on the cinematic and snapshot traditions. One becomes transfixed in front of an individual work by Wall. He is a penetrating storyteller, but without subtitles or footnotes.