 Imagination Becomes Reality Conclusion
Works in the Exhibition | Text
Jeff Wall: Restoration, 1993/94
Photo: courtesy Goetz Collection
© Jeff Wall
Works in the Exhibition
Restoration, 1993/94, c-print, light box
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The artist has said of Restoration: "The interesting tension in the picture for me is that between the flatness of the photograph I'm making and the curved nature of the panorama's space. Because you can see it curve away from you and disappear, I see it as a kind of making-explicit of the situation that exists with every picture which renders the illusion of volume and curved space on a flat plane. The fact that the panorama can be seen escaping from view is one of the things which most interested me in making the work. The idea that there is something in every picture, no matter how well-structured the picture is, that escapes being shown." (1)
(1) See Restoration: Interview with Martin Schwander, in Thierry de Duve i.a.: Jeff Wall, London 2002, p. 129.
Text excerpt »Images are generated by a gaze searching for new and personal insights.
They are images of those gazing at the world« (Author: Stephan Urbaschek), Exhibition Catalogue Imagination Becomes Reality Conclusion
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