Jeff wall's Artistic Experience

During his doctoral studies, he kept asking: As an artist, how can he create works of art with a strong imprint of the times like artists such as Goya and Monet? At the same time, he also asked himself, what kind of art can best represent this era? The result of his constant questioning is to present his photographic works with fluorescent light boxes-a ubiquitous way of information transmission in contemporary commercial society-but in Wall's hands, this is a brand-new artistic way, as he himself said: "It is not photography, film, painting or propaganda, although it combines the characteristics of all these things."

About 25 years ago, he tirelessly reflected various themes in contemporary social and political fields in this way, including urban violence, racial discrimination, poverty, sex, racial disputes, history, memory, portraits and so on. He expresses the theme by cleverly arranging actors and carefully arranging scenes and props. The whole shooting method is very similar to a movie. However, regardless of color or black-and-white photos, Wall kept a long dialogue between his works and the classic paintings of19th century, which also showed his deep fascination with art history.

Since the first solo exhibition was held in 1978, Wall's works have been exhibited in many big cities in the world, such as new york, London and Los Angeles. In 2002, he won the Hasselblad Foundation International Photography Award. He will receive a prize of 500,000 Swedish kronor and a gold medal, and attend a series of commemorative activities such as jeff wall's personal commemorative film exhibition held at the Hasselblad Center of Gothenburg Art Museum.