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James Welling Art

American, b. 1951
James Welling (b. 1951 in Hartford, Connecticut) is a postmodern artist. He earned both a BFA and an MFA at California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, California, where he studied with, among others, Dan Graham. He emerged in the 1970s as a postconceptual artist for whom photographic norms and the representational field itself were and remain contested and problematized. Welling lives and works in Los Angeles. During his career, Welling has experimented with different photographic mediums, including Polaroids, gelatin silver prints, photograms, and digital prints. Having studied under John Baldessari at CalArts and exhibited with Sherrie Levine at Metro Pictures, Welling began his career in the so-called Pictures Generation. His self-education in photography began in 1976 with the series Los Angeles Architecture & Portraits. In 1977 his second series, Diary/Landscape, matched the handwriting of his great-grandparents' letters with winter landscapes in Connecticut. Another well-known 2009 series by Welling is a meditation over a period of three years on Philip Johnson’s Glass House, shot in situ using colored filters. By contrast, his images of the Maison de Verre, are digitally manipulated. The rooms are lightened and brightened so that in some cases they glow unnaturally like a magazine spread. Yet another series consists of rectangles of pure color, made in the darkroom using colored filters. For his photogram series Torsos (2005–08), Welling cut screening, of the same type used for windows, to follow bodily contours and placed them on chromogenic paper before exposing them. Welling was the photographer of the cover art for Sonic Youth's 1985 album Bad Moon Rising. He collaborated with U.S. poet Susan Howe, providing six black-and-white photograms to accompany the text of That This, published in 2010. In 2009 he designed a hand-knotted rug for BravinLee programs. For the spring collection of Italian fashion label Brioni, Welling collaborated with the brand's creative director Brendan Mullane on a triple exposed floral print that was showered over zip front collared jackets, short sleeved silk shirts and Prince of Wales check suits. In 2014, the New York Times considered Welling one of today’s most influential photographers. That year, the artist was named one of the recipients of the Infinity Award given by the International Center of Photography, New York.
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Lilac Mist
Lilac Mist

Lilac Mist

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Lilac Mist

By James Welling

Located in New Canaan, CT

James Welling Lilac Mist, 2017 Epson 9900 print on Museo silver rag paper Image size: 15.5 x 23.25 inches, Sheet size: 18.5 x 24 inches Edition 20, 5 AP's Signed, titled, and da...

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Grave Stele with Family Group

Grave Stele with Family Group

By James Welling

Located in New York, NY

Grave Stele with Family Group 2020 Signed in black ink, verso Archival pigment print 6 x 6 inches (15.24 x 15.24 cm), sheet 5.5 x 3.5 inches (14 x 8.9 ...

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2010s Contemporary James Welling Art

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1538

1538

By James Welling

Located in New York, NY

1538 2016 Signed in black ink, verso Archival pigment print 6 x 6 inches (15.24 x 15.24 cm), sheet 3.75 x 5.5 inches (9.5 x 14 cm), image This work is offered by ClampArt in New ...

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2010s Contemporary James Welling Art

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Archival Pigment

James Welling, West Los Angeles Apartments, Contemporary Landscape Photograph
James Welling, West Los Angeles Apartments, Contemporary Landscape Photograph

James Welling, West Los Angeles Apartments, Contemporary Landscape Photograph

By James Welling

Located in New York, NY

James Welling, West Los Angeles Apartments, Contemporary Landscape Photograph West Los Angeles Apartments 2003 Gelatin silver print 8 x 10 inches (20.3 x 25.4 cm), image James We...

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Torso 1-18, Abstract Chromogenic Photogram by James Welling
Torso 1-18, Abstract Chromogenic Photogram by James Welling

Torso 1-18, Abstract Chromogenic Photogram by James Welling

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Located in New York, NY

Torso 1-18 is an Abstract Chromogenic Photogram by James Welling. Torso 1-18, 2005-2008 Signed, dated, and numbered, verso Chromogenic print (Edition of 5) 52.625 x 40.5 inches, ...

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001, 2006

001, 2006

By James Welling

Located in New York, NY

001, 2006 2006 Initialed, titled, and numbered, verso Chromogenic print (Edition of 58) 19.75 x 15.75 inches Contact gallery for price. This work is offered by CLAMP in New York...

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Tile Photograph 8

Tile Photograph 8

By James Welling

Located in New York, NY

Gelatin silver print (Edition of 50) Signed and numbered in purple, verso This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.

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The Waterfall, 1981

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Find a wide variety of authentic James Welling art available for sale on 1stDibs. You can also browse by medium to find art by James Welling in archival pigment print, pigment print, c print and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 21st century and contemporary and is mostly associated with the contemporary style. Not every interior allows for large James Welling art, so small editions measuring 6 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Rachel Stenclik, Anna Minnick, and Tim Hetherington. James Welling art prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $244 and tops out at $458, while the average work can sell for $351.

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