ARTBOOK BLOGEventsStore NewsMuseum Stores of the MonthNew Title ReleasesStaff PicksImage GalleryBooks in the MediaExcerpts & EssaysArtbook InterviewsEx LibrisAt First SightThe Artbook 2022 Gift GuidesArtbook Featured Image ArchiveArtbook D.A.P. Events ArchiveDATE 9/26/2023 Turn-of-the-century typographic revolution in 'Die Fläche'DATE 9/23/2023 Artbook @ MoMA PS1 presents Theo Deutinger and Sharon Helgason Gallagher launching 'Joy and Fear: An Illustrated Report on Modernity'DATE 9/22/2023 Mindblowing info-design in Theo Deutinger's 'Joy and Fear: An Illustrated Report on Modernity'DATE 9/21/2023 Hot book alert! ‘Chloe Sherman: Renegades’ is NEW from Hatje CantzDATE 9/20/2023 Groundbreaking and expansive: 'Simone Leigh'DATE 9/18/2023 'Rob Wynne: Obstacle Illusion' is NEW from Gregory R. Miller & Co.DATE 9/15/2023 'Ed Ruscha / Now Then' is a book for lifeDATE 9/14/2023 Rizzoli Bookstore presents Cynthia Carlson and Thomas Mellins launching 'Cynthia Carlson: Sixty Years'DATE 9/14/2023 Highly anticipated 'Cynthia Carlson: Sixty Years' is NEW from D.A.P. PublishingDATE 9/11/2023 Rizzoli Bookstore presents Tina Barney and James Welling on 'The Beginning'DATE 9/11/2023 'Publish Your Photography Book' third edition… at last!DATE 9/7/2023 Photo book joy in 'Corita Kent: Ordinary Things Will Be Signs for Us'DATE 9/6/2023 Spiritualist and art historical revelations in ‘Anna Cassel: The Saga of the Rose’ | AT FIRST SIGHTMING LIN | DATE 7/8/2011Documenta Notebooks: Ian Wallace, The First Documenta, 1955Ian Wallace is well versed in the power of the image. Often recognized as the father of the Vancouver School of conceptual photography, which includes renowned artists such as Jeff Wall and Rodney Graham, he has pioneered a style that employs and critiques the tropes of mass media, often by way of reference to pop culture and contemporary events. These artists seek to apply the tools of conceptual art to photography in hopes of instigating social change. Jeff Wall's photos, for example, recall cinematic tableaux but are host to less romantic themes such as changing demographics in cities and suburban dystopias. Wallace’s works, which often meld painting and photography, contemplate the dual identity of the artist as both the passive observer and, conversely, authoritative documentarian of society. |