On Photorealism

 Jeff Wall -- A Gust of Wind An errant diary entry 7/7/2017:On photorealism: Artists who work in this genre are interested in 1) the technical challenge, 2) absurdity of the exercise, and 3) the inherent irony of the process. I am reminded of the work of Charles Sheeler whose work was largely based on photographs that he took, which I think was tremendously compelling visually—not to