Wall is best known for his large photographs which cover topics such as urban environments and elaborate tableaux that take the same size and identity as nineteen century history paintings. His wall sized work describes mostly a scenario, however the before and after that moment are left for the viewers imagination.
The image below is one of his first pictures from 1988. It was inspired by 'The Death of Sardanapalus (1827)' . The blood red walls surrounding most of the objects gives the feel of the relating images. You also realise the staged atmosphere by the re-composition of the scene as a roughly fabricated stage-set. Jeff Wall clearly shows that this would be a womans bedroom with the scattered shoes and jewelery. The violated room is unexplained which leaves the viewer to expand their imagination towards the reason why the room is so destroyed.
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