Jeff Wall, 541 West 24th Street, New York, November 8, 2024–January 25, 2025

Installation Views

Installation view. Artwork © Jeff Wall. Photo: Maris Hutchinson — Installation view
Artwork © Jeff Wall. Photo: Maris Hutchinson

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Works Exhibited

Jeff Wall Echo Park, 2023. Inkjet print, 74 ⅞ × 89 ⅜ inches (190 × 227 cm), edition of 3 + 1 AP © Jeff Wall — Jeff Wall
*Echo Park*, 2023
Inkjet print, 74 ⅞ × 89 ⅜ inches (190 × 227 cm), edition of 3 + 1 AP
© Jeff Wall

Jeff Wall Fallen rider, 2022. Inkjet print, 74 ⅞ × 98 ⅞ inches (190 × 251 cm), edition of 3 + 1 AP © Jeff Wall — Jeff Wall
*Fallen rider*, 2022
Inkjet print, 74 ⅞ × 98 ⅞ inches (190 × 251 cm), edition of 3 + 1 AP
© Jeff Wall

Jeff Wall In the Legion, 2022. Inkjet print, 63 ¾ × 80 inches (162 × 203 cm), edition of 3 + 1 AP © Jeff Wall — Jeff Wall
*In the Legion*, 2022
Inkjet print, 63 ¾ × 80 inches (162 × 203 cm), edition of 3 + 1 AP
© Jeff Wall

Jeff Wall Informant: An occurrence not described in chapter 6, part 3 of Últimas tardes con Teresa by Juan Marsé, 2023. Inkjet print, 53 ⅝ × 55 ½ inches (136 × 141 cm), edition of 5 + 1 AP © Jeff Wall — Jeff Wall
*Informant: An occurrence not described in chapter 6, part 3 of* Últimas tardes con Teresa by Juan Marsé, 2023
Inkjet print, 53 ⅝ × 55 ½ inches (136 × 141 cm), edition of 5 + 1 AP
© Jeff Wall

Jeff Wall Maquette for a monument / to the contemplation / of the possibility of mending / a hole in a sock, 2023. Inkjet print, 54 ⅜ × 54 ⅜ inches (138 × 138 cm), edition of 4 + 1 AP © Jeff Wall — Jeff Wall
*Maquette for a monument / to the contemplation / of the possibility of mending / a hole in a sock*, 2023
Inkjet print, 54 ⅜ × 54 ⅜ inches (138 × 138 cm), edition of 4 + 1 AP
© Jeff Wall

Jeff Wall Young man wet with rain, 2011. Silver gelatin print, 108 ⅜ × 58 ⅞ inches (275.3 × 149.5 cm), edition of 4 + 1 AP © Jeff Wall — Jeff Wall
*Young man wet with rain*, 2011
Silver gelatin print, 108 ⅜ × 58 ⅞ inches (275.3 × 149.5 cm), edition of 4 + 1 AP
© Jeff Wall

Jeff Wall Portrait in Noto, 2007. Inkjet print, 78 ¾ × 96 ⅛ inches (200 × 244 cm), edition of 3 + 1 AP © Jeff Wall — Jeff Wall
*Portrait in Noto*, 2007
Inkjet print, 78 ¾ × 96 ⅛ inches (200 × 244 cm), edition of 3 + 1 AP
© Jeff Wall

Jeff Wall Steves Farm, Steveston (small version), 1980. Transparency in lightbox, 12 ¼ × 48 inches (31 × 122 cm) © Jeff Wall — Jeff Wall
*Steves Farm, Steveston (small version)*, 1980
Transparency in lightbox, 12 ¼ × 48 inches (31 × 122 cm)
© Jeff Wall

Thumbnail - Jeff Wall Echo Park, 2023. Inkjet print, 74 ⅞ × 89 ⅜ inches (190 × 227 cm), edition of 3 + 1 AP © Jeff Wall

Thumbnail - Jeff Wall Fallen rider, 2022. Inkjet print, 74 ⅞ × 98 ⅞ inches (190 × 251 cm), edition of 3 + 1 AP © Jeff Wall

Thumbnail - Jeff Wall In the Legion, 2022. Inkjet print, 63 ¾ × 80 inches (162 × 203 cm), edition of 3 + 1 AP © Jeff Wall

Thumbnail - Jeff Wall Informant: An occurrence not described in chapter 6, part 3 of Últimas tardes con Teresa by Juan Marsé, 2023. Inkjet print, 53 ⅝ × 55 ½ inches (136 × 141 cm), edition of 5 + 1 AP © Jeff Wall

Thumbnail - Jeff Wall Maquette for a monument / to the contemplation / of the possibility of mending / a hole in a sock, 2023. Inkjet print, 54 ⅜ × 54 ⅜ inches (138 × 138 cm), edition of 4 + 1 AP © Jeff Wall

Thumbnail - Jeff Wall Young man wet with rain, 2011. Silver gelatin print, 108 ⅜ × 58 ⅞ inches (275.3 × 149.5 cm), edition of 4 + 1 AP © Jeff Wall

Thumbnail - Jeff Wall Portrait in Noto, 2007. Inkjet print, 78 ¾ × 96 ⅛ inches (200 × 244 cm), edition of 3 + 1 AP © Jeff Wall

Thumbnail - Jeff Wall Steves Farm, Steveston (small version), 1980. Transparency in lightbox, 12 ¼ × 48 inches (31 × 122 cm) © Jeff Wall

About

Gagosian is pleased to present an exhibition of works by Jeff Wall at the 541 West 24th Street gallery in New York. Included are five new pictures and several not previously seen in the United States.

Wall connects photography with elements of painting, cinema, and literature in pictures that range from classic reportage to elaborate constructions. Some images emphasize what the artist calls “blatant artifice,” while others are made simply, spontaneously, and directly. Wall favors no particular approach and has explored the breadth and complexity of photography for several decades.

A number of works in the exhibition are what Wall calls “near documentary” images, which may resemble snapshots but are made in collaboration with people who appear in them. This group includes two full-length portraits, Young man wet with rain (2011) and Portrait in Noto, which was photographed in 2007 during a visit to Sicily, but printed only this year. Fallen rider, made in summer 2022, derives from an event witnessed by a friend thirty years ago; Wall recovered the memory of this account and reconstructed it near the place where it apparently occurred.

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