tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3056806344672425847.post8353456235825832297..comments2024-03-28T10:19:45.029+01:00Comments on Fx Reflects: Jeff Wall: Tableaux, Pictures Photographs @ Stedelijk Museum, AmsterdamFrances Guerinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09601712331094033951noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3056806344672425847.post-67018911860180472962014-04-30T19:25:49.994+02:002014-04-30T19:25:49.994+02:00oh, and it was also Wall who didn't want any s...oh, and it was also Wall who didn't want any sort of narrative between his photographs, even if you could draw on similar themes or techniques. he wanted (except for the first room) to have a photo in each technique. anyway, as he always contradicts himself, he talked about two photos side by side, connected by the same theme:gravity (boy falling from a tree and a man lying in the grass)so he created a small narrative...parcarmonioasahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00986956137129955530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3056806344672425847.post-30638322381243239602014-04-30T19:18:04.722+02:002014-04-30T19:18:04.722+02:00Thank you for the post, I'm curious about what...Thank you for the post, I'm curious about what others think about this exhibition. There is indeed almost no reference to painting (except in the text called "Tableau" in the left hall, where Wall says that his works are also tableaux, not only photographs or pictures (from where the name of the exhibition). For me the arrangement was quite disarmonious, in each room and per total.. the first room is just made to impress, as it is the old honour room. the texts in each room do not match the photos inside. More people complained about lack of information..But it is mostly Wall's wish, as he said that he wants people look at photos not text (But you can't understand some images without text - explaining art history/books/technical things..The curator just did what Wall wanted mostly, as Stedelijk prouds themselves to be an artist museum and not a curator one..parcarmonioasahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00986956137129955530noreply@blogger.com