tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7586327014517483353.post5896009522869814793..comments2023-03-29T08:29:16.118-04:00Comments on Currentartpics: (27)CAPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09861096695503969576noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7586327014517483353.post-43320931186509772552009-02-14T18:41:00.000-05:002009-02-14T18:41:00.000-05:00Or for that matter Arcade Fire or Broken Social Sc...Or for that matter Arcade Fire or Broken Social Scene? <BR/><BR/>But I don’t really know how Wall fits into a Canadian national identity, whether its best measured against music. <BR/>The only other artist I know from Vancouver is Jessica Stockholder. <BR/>But I have friends there who tell me the gallery scene is quite lively.<BR/><BR/>I’m glad you got something from the post.<BR/><BR/>d:-)CAPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09861096695503969576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7586327014517483353.post-64033730704465039032009-02-14T02:57:00.000-05:002009-02-14T02:57:00.000-05:00I like how you explain Wall's compositional strate...I like how you explain Wall's compositional strategy. I'm sorry for using that word "cinematic." It can be rather vague, like "painterly." Thank you for giving it a context.<BR/><BR/>Both artists, for me, conjure generic imagery. A news report will end like this "...and the virus is still out there." And that phrase will be coupled with a woman sitting on a bench. In real life she's waiting for a bus. It's just a stock image they chose to use at the end of their news montage. <BR/><BR/>That same implied horror...or drama...of the normal image makes their work all the more effective than histrionics. <BR/><BR/>Sometimes, with Wall, when I get the gag-or narrative-I get a bit disappointed. I just love the look of the photos so much.<BR/><BR/>Now the real question is what Gordon Lightfoot and Bryan Adams would say about all this. :Pthesecretlivesofcatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15818935467132492399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7586327014517483353.post-50624952725352097422009-01-30T08:09:00.000-05:002009-01-30T08:09:00.000-05:00The stilted, staginess is a big part of it. But th...The stilted, staginess is a big part of it. But the locations are 'realistic' up to a point - it's <I>the extent</I> of the staging or realism that makes them interesting. <BR/><BR/>He could be more 'cinematic' and go the Gregory Crewdson route (see <A HREF="http://currentartpics.blogspot.com/2008/06/90.html" REL="nofollow">Post 90</A>) but he's into this distancing (literally) of a story AND any kind of slice-of-life realism. The pictures cut both ways - they step back from cinema and melodrama for more of a location, and at the same time they step back from 'just' a location to foreground a sense of place with stereotypical figures or hints of a familiar narrative (or myth).<BR/><BR/>He's a British Columbian, but I don't know how if at all that influences his approach - certainly he uses the surrounding landscape quite a bit.CAPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09861096695503969576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7586327014517483353.post-65367812577310200322009-01-29T23:21:00.000-05:002009-01-29T23:21:00.000-05:00Walls work alway seemed staged to me. I guess I n...Walls work alway seemed staged to me. I guess I new it all along...but he's Canadian right? So I think he shares something with...you guessed it...Cronenberg...in that his work is simultaniously cimematic and appearing to be objective...but leaning away from the perverted side...:(<BR/><BR/>If Jeff Wall had a piece called "Entirely Red Medical Facility" or "Concrete College Library Containing Clairvoyants" then my nation-based stereotype might have some merit.thesecretlivesofcatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15818935467132492399noreply@blogger.com