Jeff Wall
1946–

Introduction

Jeffrey Wall, OC, RSA (born September 29, 1946) is a Canadian photographer. He is artist best known for his large-scale back-lit Cibachrome photographs and art history writing. Early in his career, he helped define the Vancouver School and he has published essays on the work of his colleagues and fellow Vancouverites Rodney Graham, Ken Lum, and Ian Wallace. His photographic tableaux often take Vancouver's mixture of natural beauty, urban decay, and postmodern and industrial featurelessness as their backdrop.

Wikidata identifier

Q550428

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Introduction

Canadian artist, art historian, and teacher.

Country of birth

Canada

Roles

Artist, painter, photographer, sculptor

ULAN identifier

500101667

Names

Jeff Wall, Jeffrey Wall

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