ARTBOOK BLOGEventsStore NewsMuseum Stores of the MonthNew Title ReleasesStaff PicksImage GalleryBooks in the MediaExcerpts & EssaysArtbook InterviewsEx LibrisAt First SightThe Artbook 2023 Gift GuidesArtbook Featured Image ArchiveArtbook D.A.P. Events ArchiveDATE 4/30/2024 Danny Lyon at Photobook AustinDATE 4/30/2024 Rizzoli Bookstore presents Roger A. Deakins with James Ellis Deakins and Matthew Heineman on 'Byways'DATE 4/25/2024 The Strand presents Joshua Charow in conversation with Wendy Goodman for the launch of 'Loft Law'DATE 4/24/2024 Bungee Space presents Set Margins’ 6-Book Launch and Get TogetherDATE 4/21/2024 Time & Space Limited presents "Memory as Various: Bernadette Mayer's 'Memory'"DATE 4/18/2024 Howl! Arts/Howl! Archive presents Pyramid Pioneers with 'We Started a Nightclub' signingDATE 4/14/2024 Vintage 'Audio Erotica' from Jonny TrunkDATE 4/13/2024 Artbook at Hauser & Wirth presents Heather McCalden and Cyrus Dunham launching 'The Observable Universe: An Investigation'DATE 4/13/2024 Unnameable Books presents "Reading from Bernadette Mayer's 'Memory'"DATE 4/12/2024 Join Artbook | D.A.P. at Shoppe Object at High PointDATE 4/11/2024 A new must-have memoir from American icon Danny LyonsDATE 4/11/2024 Join Artbook & MCA Store at EXPO CHICAGO 2024!DATE 4/11/2024 Mast Books presents Danny Lyon launching 'This Is My Life I’m Talking About' | 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. |