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Jeff Wall at Art Gallery of Western Australia June 24, 2012

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Photo of Jeff Wall Bohdan Warchomij

Chief Curator at the Art Gallery of Western Australia Garry Dufour is the man responsible for the exhibition Jeff Wall Photographs running at the above venue from May 26 until September 10.

Jeff Wall, a Vancouver based artist was in Perth for an artist talk recently and fascinated a large audience with observations on his work. Garry Dufour chaired the encounter.

Jeff Wall A Sudden Gust of Wind (after Hokusai) 1993 transparency in light box, unique state 250 x 397 Tate, London Purchased with the assistance from the Patrons of New Art through the Tate Gallery Foundation and from the National Art Collections Fund 1995 © Jeff Wall

“I don’t have any method, I don’t have any guidelines. .. People will always  be inherently fascinated by the work of a painter. There is nothing more uninteresting than a photographer taking photos….the world is rushing like lemmings from film… film is unique and inimitable and there is no reason why the analogue and digital worlds cannot coexist….

These were some of the comments fired at the audience from one of the world’s preeminent photographic artists.

REMIX: Art Gallery of Western Australia April 28, 2011

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remix is an exciting exhibition that showcases the creativity of twenty contemporary Western Australian artists of diverse backgrounds, age and experience. The exhibition includes a broad mix of media with painting, sculpture, design, photography, textile and filmic work, most of it new or recently created and representing some of the most compelling examples of contemporary practice by Western Australian artists.

What was exciting for me in my visit to the Art Gallery was to see the work of  photographers that I have written about in Metaphor Online getting recognition and plaudits for their unique work.  Justin Spiers, Claire Martin, Yuha Tolonen, Graham Miller and Jacqueline Ball have substantial bodies of work in the Gallery.

Stars and Stripes Truck, Santa Fe, New Mexico: Photo Graham Miller
Stars and Stripes Truck, Santa Fe, New Mexico: Photo Graham Miller

Like the mixtape exhibitions in 2003 and 2006, remix brings together a diverse group of works that offer an opportunity to experience what some of Western Australia’s artists are doing in their practice. The works selected are not limited by a single theme but instead are orchestrated around approaches to making art, materiality or the experience of place.

The selected artists are; Daniel Argyle, Lydia Balbal, Jacqueline Ball, Helena Bogucki, Helen Britton, Paul Caporn, Jane Donlin, Tarryn Gill /Pilar Mata Dupont, Adam Goodrum, Jon Goulder, Thomas Jeppe, Laura Johnson, Siné MacPherson, Carlier Makigawa, Claire Martin, Graham Miller, Clare Peake, Justin Spiers, Juha Tolonen and Brendan Van Hek.