Dan Peknik's illuminating images in 'AStigma' Sep 25, 2009
So taking a cue from the thick light boxes used to examine X-rays in physicians' offices - and utilized by artists like Jeff Wall - Peknik, 40, decided to use the technology at his disposal at NASA Ames Research Center, where he works as an interaction designer studying how color is used in spacecraft control systems, and to apply an engineer's problem-solving approach to his visual art problem. He uses backlit and adjustable LED frames to subtly illuminate his large-scale images. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Jury Hands Down Stunning $370 Million Verdict Against Georges Marciano, GUESS ? Inc. Founder and Art Dealer, Announces R. Rex Parris Jul 29, 2009
The art allegedly stolen includes important works from renowned contemporary artists such as John Chamberlain, Ed Ruscha, Robert Rauschenberg, Jeff Wall, Jim Dine and Roy Lichtenstein. Mr. Marciano's complaint against the cross-complainants was dismissed as without merit on December 31, 2008. (Primezone Releases)
Jury Hands Down Stunning $370 Million Plus Verdict Against Georges Marciano, GUESS ? Inc. Founder and Art Dealer, Announces Alain V. Bonavida Jul 29, 2009
The art allegedly stolen includes important works from renowned contemporary artists such as John Chamberlain, Ed Ruscha, Robert Rauschenberg, Jeff Wall, Jim Dine and Roy Lichtenstein. SOURCE Law Offices of Alain V. Bonavida. (PR Newswire)
John Baldessari, 'Art and Power' in Africa Jul 26, 2009
Where Jeff Wall, another artist influenced by Baldessari, evolved a way of staging photographs that packs a static image with cinematic insinuations, Baldessari himself, in works such as "The Fallen Easel," gets us to delve into a cluster of pictures as if they synopsized a movie or diagrammed a sentence. He even made the eccentric framing of one image - or is it a mosaic. (San Francisco Chronicle)
The woman who brought Vermeer to Vancouver May 20, 2009
Programming for the new building, estimated to open in 2015, will launch with a major exhibition of lauded Vancouver photographer Jeff Wall (an artist with whom she has forged a close working relationship and co-curated shows). In the meantime, she's juggling any number of projects, including bringing Leonardo da Vinci's anatomical drawings from the Queen's collection in Windsor Castle to tie in with the Olympics, and a major surrealism show that will tour internationally. (Globe and Mail)
Time for a heart to art Mar 28, 2009
In the past few years it has bought many works by international artists including Bill Viola, Jeff Wall, Yinka Shonibare, William Kentridge, and with the help of the State Government-backed Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, works by home-grown artists such as Ron Mueck, Ricky Swallow, Emily Floyd, David Rosetzky, Patricia Piccinini and Daniel Von Sturmer. The problem is that it doesn't seem to be exhibiting contemporary art with the verve and commitment that marked the... (The Age, Australia)
'Cezanne and Beyond' ties artist to those he influenced Mar 8, 2009
ger, Gorky, Giorgio Morandi, Liubov Popova, Marsden Hartley, Charles Demuth, Kelly, Johns, Jeff Wall, Brice Marden, Sherrie Levine, and Francis Al s.. If the idea is simple, it must be said that the exhibition teeters on the cusp of incoherence. (Boston Globe)
Pictures are out experience is in Feb 14, 2009
Long known as a hub for photography (think Jeff Wall and Rodney Graham), the Vancouver art scene is undergoing a shift to works that engage all the senses ... VANCOUVER For decades now, the Vancouver art scene has been known as the seedbed for new photo-conceptual art, with artists of note (Roy Arden, Stephen Waddell, Scott McFarland) following in the footsteps of artists like Jeff Wall, Stan Douglas, Rodney Graham, Ian Wallace and Ken Lum. (Globe and Mail)
