Until October 9th, I had never seen Jeff Wall’s work in person; I had pored over reproductions in art books, feasted on his writings, and modeled my own work in his shadow, but never stood in front of his images. On October 9th, I did, and I didn’t feel a thing.
Mr. Wall has [...]
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Graphite becomes sentient in its imperfection. A pencil traces over paper, giving way to fibers in the surface. It changes over the short time it takes to draw the line; becoming blunt, shifting tone. In these ever-evolving lines, the artist is preserved. Mood and personality are contained in the weight and the brevity of the [...]