Jeff Wall

Jeff Wall

BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts

Jeff Wall, “The Thinker,” 1986.
Transparency in lightbox, 221 x 229 cm.
© Jeff Wall.
Courtesy of the artist.

May 23, 2011

Jeff Wall
The Crooked Path
27 May–11 September 2011

Rue Ravensteinstraat 23
1000 Brussels

www.bozar.be

The Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels (BOZAR) presents The Crooked Path, an exhibition devoted to the Canadian photographer Jeff Wall.

Famous for his large photographic compositions in light boxes, Canadian artist Jeff Wall (°1946) will present this summer a fascinating exhibition displaying his photographs along with those of historical and other contemporary artists. Since the end of the 1970′s, Jeff Wall has been striving to give photography a privileged position within the fine arts, drawing regularly his inspiration from paintings in order to give his compositions an iconographic dimension. His references to masterpieces from the History of art, such as La mort de Sardanapale by Eugène Delacroix, which have inspired him for The Destroyed Room of 1978, are very well known and documented.

Especially conceived for Bozar, this original exhibition intends to place the work of the artist within his cultural context and photographic creation. Jeff Wall has selected 25 of his photographs, produced between the 70′s and today, which he presents next to a careful selection of works by artists who have nurtured his thinking over the last 40 years. Rarely available to the public, these artworks from North-American and European collections are by artists like Duchamp, Arbus, Atget, Wols, Gursky, Claerbout, Struth, Stella, Smithson, Graham, Wallace and Weiner. This exhibition, organised into themes ranging from historical photography, film, literature and conceptual art, reveals the artist’s rich creative process.

Curator: Joël Benzakin
Scientific advisor and publication editor in chief: Hans Maria De Wolf
Support: Région de Bruxelles-Capitale | Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Embassy of Canada
In collaboration with: Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago di Compostela
Partner: Thalys
Sponsor: Nikon Belux

Visitor information

Opening times
Tuesday to Sunday, 10 am to 6 pm
Thursday, 10 am to 9 pm
Closed Mondays

Guided visits on Thursday evening
Dates: 02/06, 09/06, 16/06, 23/06, 07/07, 21/07, 04/08, 18/08, 01/09
Hours/language: 18:00: Dutch, 19:00: French, 19:30: English

BOZAR info & tickets
+32 2 507 82 00 – info@bozar.bewww.bozar.be

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PRESS OFFICER:
Leen Daems
leen.daems@bozar.be
T. +32 2 507 83 89
T. +32 479 986 607

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