Lee Wells Paintings
American, b. 1971
Lee Wells (b.1971) is a conceptual artist whose practice, rooted in the act of painting, draws inspiration from the epic myth of the avant-garde, the enthusiasm of the New York School, the praxis of the Situationists, the process of Fluxus, and the contradictions of Postmodernism. Wells enjoys making things, collaborating with others, and learning something new as often as possible. Most recently he has been experimenting with new technologies to expand on the new frontier of Human / AI collaboration in the arts.
Historically his work has focused on systems of power and control in society and has been presented in various forms internationally for over 30 years, including the Guggenheim Museum, MCA Chicago, PS1/MoMA, 51st Venice Biennale, The National Arts Club, and Hermitage Museum, as well as numerous universities, festivals, art fairs, and galleries. Wells was a co-founder of The Perpetual Art Machine, the video art community portal project (2006-2011) and has directed the alternative curatorial platform IFAC Arts since 1996 which is currently based in New York’s Lower East Side and Athens, Greece.(Biography provided by International Fine Arts Consortium - IFAC Arts)
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Artist: Lee Wells
Lee Wells 'Web of Desire #1'
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Web of Desire #1 (Large Study for Pure Painting), 2013
Acrylic on canvas
76 x 84 inches
Signed, dated and titled on verso.
Lee Wells is a conceptual artist, curator, and writer in N...
Category
2010s Abstract Lee Wells Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Azogires Naiades 2 (110423)
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Azogires Naiades 2 (110423)
2023
Oil on cotton rag paper
40 x 30 cm / 15.5 x 11.5 inches
Signed, titled and dated on verso in pencil
The Azogires series was created while on a self...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Paintings
Materials
Oil
Azogires Naiades 6 (120423)
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Azogires Naiades 6 (120423)
2023
Oil on cotton rag paper
40 x 30 cm / 15.5 x 11.5 inches
Signed, titled and dated on verso in pencil
The Azogires series was created while on a self...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Paintings
Materials
Oil
Azogires Naiades 5 (120423)
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Azogires Naiades 5 (120423)
2023
Oil on cotton rag paper
40 x 30 cm / 15.5 x 11.5 inches
Signed, titled and dated on verso in pencil
The Azogires series was created while on a self...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Paintings
Materials
Oil
Azogires Naiades 1 (110423)
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Azogires Naiades 1 (110423)
2023
Oil on cotton rag paper
40 x 30 cm / 15.5 x 11.5 inches
Signed, titled and dated on verso in pencil
The Azogires series was created while on a self...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Paintings
Materials
Oil
Poolside Party #41 (Naiades Series 1.0)
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Poolside Party #41 (Naiades Series 1)
2023
Archival pigment on canvas
100 x 100 cm / 39.25 x 39.25 inches
Signed, titled and dated on verso
and comes with optional NFT Certificate ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Poolside Party #15 (Naiades Series 1)
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Poolside Party #15 (Naiades Series 1)
2023
Unique Archival pigment on canvas
100 x 100 cm / 39.25 x 39.25 inches
Signed, titled and dated on verso
and comes with optional NFT Certi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Poolside Party #33 (Naiades Series 1.0)
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Poolside Party #33 (Naiades Series 1)
2023
Archival pigment on canvas
100 x 100 cm / 39.25 x 39.25 inches
Signed, titled and dated on verso
and comes with optional NFT Certificate ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Poolside Party #62 (Naiades Series 1.0)
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Poolside Party #62 (Naiades Series 1)
2023
Archival pigment on canvas
100 x 100 cm / 39.25 x 39.25 inches
Signed, titled and dated on verso
and comes with optional NFT Certificate ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Poolside Party #18 (The Infinite Conversation) Naiades Series 1
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Poolside Party #18 (Naiades Series 1)
The Infinite Conversation after Maurice Blanchet
2023
Archival pigment on canvas
100 x 100 cm / 39.25 x 39.25 inches
Signed, titled and dated o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Poolside Party #43 (Naiades Series 1.0)
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Poolside Party #43 (Naiades Series 1)
2023
Archival pigment on canvas
100 x 100 cm / 39.25 x 39.25 inches
Signed, titled and dated on verso
and comes with optional NFT Certificate ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Poolside Party #30 (Naiades Series 1)
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Poolside Party #30 (Naiades Series 1)
2023
Archival pigment on canvas
100 x 100 cm / 39.25 x 39.25 inches
Signed, titled and dated on verso
and comes with optional NFT Certificate ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Poolside Party #31 (Naiades Series 1)
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Poolside Party #31 (Naiades Series 1)
2023
Archival pigment on canvas
100 x 100 cm / 39.25 x 39.25 inches
Signed, titled and dated on verso
and comes with optional NFT Certificate ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Poolside Party #41 (Naiades Series 1.0)
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Poolside Party #41 (Naiades Series 1)
2023
Archival pigment on canvas
100 x 100 cm / 39.25 x 39.25 inches
Signed, titled and dated on verso
and comes with optional NFT Certificate ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Poolside Party #15 (Naiades Series 1)
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Poolside Party #15 (Naiades Series 1)
2023
Unique Archival pigment on canvas
100 x 100 cm / 39.25 x 39.25 inches
Signed, titled and dated on verso
and comes with optional NFT Certi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Poolside Party #18 (Naiades Series 1)
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Poolside Party #18 (Naiades Series 1)
2023
Archival pigment on canvas
100 x 100 cm / 39.25 x 39.25 inches
Signed, titled and dated on verso
and comes with optional NFT Certificate ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Poolside Party #31 (Naiades Series 1)
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Poolside Party #31 (Naiades Series 1)
2023
Archival pigment on canvas
100 x 100 cm / 39.25 x 39.25 inches
Signed, titled and dated on verso
and comes with optional NFT Certificate ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Poolside Party #43 (Naiades Series 1.0)
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Poolside Party #43 (Naiades Series 1)
2023
Archival pigment on canvas
100 x 100 cm / 39.25 x 39.25 inches
Signed, titled and dated on verso
and comes with optional NFT Certificate ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Poolside Party #33 (Naiades Series 1.0)
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Poolside Party #33 (Naiades Series 1)
2023
Archival pigment on canvas
100 x 100 cm / 39.25 x 39.25 inches
Signed, titled and dated on verso
and comes with optional NFT Certificate ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Poolside Party #30 (Naiades Series 1)
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Poolside Party #30 (Naiades Series 1)
2023
Archival pigment on canvas
100 x 100 cm / 39.25 x 39.25 inches
Signed, titled and dated on verso
and comes with optional NFT Certificate ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Poolside Party #62 (Naiades Series 1.0)
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Poolside Party #62 (Naiades Series 1)
2023
Archival pigment on canvas
100 x 100 cm / 39.25 x 39.25 inches
Signed, titled and dated on verso
and comes with optional NFT Certificate ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Burka Bikini Girl
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Burka Bikini Girl, 2019
Oil and graphite on canvas
15.75 x 11.75 inches (40 x 30 cm)
Signed, titled and dated on verso
Lee Wells (b.1971) is a conceptua...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Graphite
Portraits of Androids, Erica `1
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Erica #1, 2018
Hand embellished monoprint on canvas
25 3/5 × 21 7/10 in
65 × 55 cm
Sophia’s Safehouse in an Uncanny Valley examines the recent celebrity culture of humanoid AI as a way to better understand humanity, authenticity, identity, and memory in the early 21st century. The installation, inspired in part by the dystopian literary works of George Orwell, Mary Shelley, Philip K. Dick, Isaac Asimov...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas, Pencil, Monoprint
Portraits of Androids, Double Sophia
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Lee Wells
Double Sophia, 2018
Hand embellished monoprint on canvas with projection mapped video
125 x 150 cm
Contact for video link.
Currently on view as part of Sentient Electroics at Wallplay Seaport
Sophia’s Safehouse in an Uncanny Valley examines the recent celebrity culture of humanoid AI as a way to better understand humanity, authenticity, identity, and memory in the early 21st century. The installation, inspired in part by the dystopian literary works of George Orwell, Mary Shelley, Philip K. Dick, Isaac Asimov...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Paintings
Materials
Video, Canvas, Acrylic, Graphite, Monoprint
Portraits of Androids, Erica with Pearls
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Erica with Pearls, 2018
Hand embellished monoprint on canvas
47 1/5 × 39 2/5 in
120 × 100 cm
Sophia’s Safehouse in an Uncanny Valley examines the recent celebrity culture of humanoid AI as a way to better understand humanity, authenticity, identity, and memory in the early 21st century. The installation, inspired in part by the dystopian literary works of George Orwell, Mary Shelley, Philip K. Dick, Isaac Asimov...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Carbon Pencil, Monoprint, Acrylic
Portraits of Androids, Blond Sophia
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Portraits of Androids, Blond Sophia #1, 2018
Hand embellished monoprint on canvas
47 1/5 × 35 2/5 in
120 × 90 cm
Sophia’s Safehouse in an Uncanny Valley examines the recent celebrity culture of humanoid AI as a way to better understand humanity, authenticity, identity, and memory in the early 21st century. The installation, inspired in part by the dystopian literary works of George Orwell, Mary Shelley, Philip K. Dick, Isaac Asimov...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Graphite, Monoprint
Blond Sophia #1
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Blond Sophia #1, 2018
Hand embellished monoprint on canvas
47 1/5 × 35 2/5 in
120 × 90 cm
Sophia’s Safehouse in an Uncanny Valley examines the recent celebrity culture of humanoid A...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Paintings
Materials
Monoprint, Canvas, Acrylic, Graphite
Erica with Pearls
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Erica with Pearls, 2018
Hand embellished monoprint on canvas
47 1/5 × 39 2/5 in
120 × 100 cm
Sophia’s Safehouse in an Uncanny Valley examines the recent c...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Paintings
Materials
Monoprint, Canvas, Carbon Pencil
Portraits of Androids, Double Sophia
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Lee Wells
Double Sophia, 2018
Hand embellished monoprint on canvas with projection mapped video
125 x 150 cm
Contact for video link.
Currently on view as part of Sentient Electroics...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Paintings
Materials
Monoprint, Canvas, Video, Acrylic, Graphite
Portraits of Androids, Erica `1
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Erica #1, 2018
Hand embellished monoprint on canvas
25 3/5 × 21 7/10 in
65 × 55 cm
Sophia’s Safehouse in an Uncanny Valley examines the recent celebrity culture of humanoid AI as a way to better understand humanity, authenticity, identity, and memory in the early 21st century. The installation, inspired in part by the dystopian literary works of George Orwell, Mary Shelley, Philip K. Dick, Isaac Asimov...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Paintings
Materials
Pencil, Monoprint, Canvas, Acrylic
Head of a Centaur, Olympia Series, 460BC, #124
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Head of a Centaur, Olympia Series, 460BC, 2019
Gold pigment and acrylic polymer on canvas
100 x 100 cm (39.4 x 39.4 inches)
Signed, titled and dated on verso
Lee Wells (b.1971) is a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Paintings
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Cotton Canvas
Head of Antinous, Olympia Series, 2ndCAD, #32
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Lee Wells
Head of Antinous, Olympia Series 2ndCAD, 2019
Gold pigment and acrylic polymer on canvas
100 x 100 cm (39.4 x 39.4 inches)
Signed, titled and dated on verso
Lee Wells (b.1...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Paintings
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Cotton Canvas
Robot Dog 4th Generation Aibo
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Aibo 4th Generation, 2018
Hand embellished monoprint on canvas
21 7/10 × 29 1/2 in
55 × 75 cm
Sophia’s Safehouse in an Uncanny Valley examines the rece...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Paintings
Materials
Monoprint
Erica #`1
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Erica #1, 2018
Hand embellished monoprint on canvas
25 3/5 × 21 7/10 in
65 × 55 cm
Sophia’s Safehouse in an Uncanny Valley examines the recent celebrity culture of humanoid AI as a ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Paintings
Materials
Monoprint
Philip K Dick
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Phillip K. Dick, 2018
Hand embellished monoprint on canvas
21 7/10 × 17 7/10 in
55 × 45 cm
Sophia’s Safehouse in an Uncanny Valley examines the recent celebrity culture of humanoid AI as a way to better understand humanity, authenticity, identity, and memory in the early 21st century. The installation, inspired in part by the dystopian literary works of George Orwell, Mary Shelley, Philip K. Dick, Isaac Asimov...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Paintings
Materials
Monoprint
Double Sophia
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Lee Wells
Double Sophia, 2018
Hand embellished monoprint on canvas with projection mapped video
125 x 150 cm
Contact for video link.
Sophia’s Safehouse in an Uncanny Valley examines the recent celebrity culture of humanoid AI as a way to better understand humanity, authenticity, identity, and memory in the early 21st century. The installation, inspired in part by the dystopian literary works of George Orwell, Mary Shelley, Philip K. Dick, Isaac Asimov...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Paintings
Materials
Monoprint, Canvas, Video, Acrylic, Graphite
Gray Scale Study for Pure Painting 5
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Gray Scale Study for Pure Painting 5, 2016
Acrylic on museum board mounted to board
Artwork size - 8 x 6.5 inches
Framed Size - 16 x 20 inches
signed and dated on recto
Lee We...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Lee Wells Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Web of Desire #1 (Large Study for experiments in Pure Painting)
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Web of Desire #1 (Large Study for Pure Painting), 2013
Acrylic on canvas
76 x 84 inches
Signed, dated and titled on verso.
Lee Wells is a conceptual artist, curator, and writer...
Category
2010s Abstract Lee Wells Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Gray Scale Study for Pure Painting 3
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Gray Scale Study for Pure Painting 3, 2016
Acrylic on museum board mounted to board
Artwork size - 8 x 6.5 inches
Framed Size - 16 x 20 inches
signed and dated on recto
Lee We...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Lee Wells Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Gray Scale Study for Pure Painting 1
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Gray Scale Study for Pure Painting 1, 2016
Acrylic on museum board mounted to board
Artwork size - 8 x 6.5 inches
Framed Size - 16 x 20 inches
signed and dated on recto
Lee We...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Lee Wells Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Gray Scale Study for Pure Painting 6
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Gray Scale Study for Pure Painting 6, 2016
Acrylic on museum board mounted to board
Artwork size - 8 x 6.5 inches
Framed Size - 16 x 20 inches
signed and dated on recto
Lee We...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Lee Wells Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Gray Scale Study for Pure Painting 4
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Gray Scale Study for Pure Painting 4, 2016
Acrylic on museum board mounted to board
Artwork size - 8 x 6.5 inches
Framed Size - 16 x 20 inches
signed and dated on recto
Lee We...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Lee Wells Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Gray Scale Study for Pure Painting 8
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Gray Scale Study for Pure Painting 8, 2016
Acrylic on museum board mounted to board
Artwork size - 8 x 6.5 inches
Framed Size - 16 x 20 inches
signed and dated on recto
Lee We...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Lee Wells Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Gray Scale Study for Pure Painting 7
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Gray Scale Study for Pure Painting 7, 2016
Acrylic on museum board mounted to board
Artwork size - 8 x 6.5 inches
Framed Size - 16 x 20 inches
signed and dated on recto
Lee We...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Lee Wells Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Gray Scale Study for Pure Painting 9
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Gray Scale Study for Pure Painting 9, 2016
Acrylic on museum board mounted to board
Artwork size - 8 x 6.5 inches
Framed Size - 16 x 20 inches
signed and dated on recto
Lee We...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Lee Wells Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Gray Scale Study for Pure Painting 2
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Gray Scale Study for Pure Painting 2, 2016
Acrylic on museum board mounted to board
Artwork size - 8 x 6.5 inches
Framed Size - 16 x 20 inches
signed and dated on recto
Lee We...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Lee Wells Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Study for pure painting #1 (diptych)
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Study for pure painting #1 (diptych), 2013
Acrylic on canvas
33 x 52 inches
Category
2010s Abstract Lee Wells Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
UFO Adamski-Type
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
UFO Adamski-Type, 20167
Watercolor on paper
22 x 26 inches
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Lee Wells is a conceptual artist, curator, and writer in New York and Athens Greece. His artwork and projects have bee...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Abstraction with Blast Wound
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Abstraction with Blast Wound, 2011
Oil on linen
18 x 14 inches
From the exhibition Action for Freedom
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Lee Wells Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Orange and Grey Disturbance in the Force
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Orange and Grey Disturbance in the Force, 2013
Acrylic on canvas
20 x 16 inches
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Lee Wells Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Study for the Street Battle
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Study for the Street Battle, 2013
Oil and fluorescent pigment on canvas
14 x 10 inches
16 x 12 inches framed
Signed and annotated on the verso
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Lee Wells Paintings
Materials
Oil
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