{"product_id":"jeff-wall-9783775756303","title":"Jeff Wall","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eElaborate Photographic Compositions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSince the late 1970s, the Canadian artist Jeff Wall has contributed significantly to establishing photography as an autonomous medium and is regarded as one of the key vanguards of \"staged photography\". Referring to his approach as \"near documentary\", his images resemble documentary photographs in style and manner but are meticulously composed, multilayered compositions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSynthesizing photography with elements from other art forms such as painting, cinema, and literature—in a complex mode that he calls \"cinematography\"—his deeply intellectual work stages fictional realities, memories, and past experiences in an elaborate process.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFeaturing more than fifty works, this catalogue accompanying the large-scale exhibition at the Fondation Beyeler juxtaposes Wall's iconic backlit colour transparencies with his more recent black and white photographs and colour C-prints, revealing a variety of references in content and form.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072096780524,"sku":"9783775756303","price":145.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9352753483532.jpg?v=1765075513","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/jeff-wall-9783775756303","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}