biography

American, born 1951. For over forty years, James Welling has pursued a rich and diverse photographic practice. Employing a wide ranger of techniques, such as photogram and both monochromatic and color process, he adopts heterogeneous subjects:these include incisive studies of modern and historic architecture; ruminations on particular landscapes linked to his personal history; muscular still lives of objects, textures, and light sources; and rigorous formal abstractions. Yet throughout his work, thematic constants emerge — the interplay of light and color on form, the intensity of place coupled with memory. Welling chooses different formats to suit each project; his photographs operate at the crossroads of material and conceptual practice. read more on artist’s web site  photo by kw

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Seascape
2017, colorized 16 mm film transferred to digital video, 5:18min, stereo sound, edition of 5, sound design by Will Welling, installation view at WAKO WORKS OF ART
0808 [Meridian series] 
2015, inkjet print (Epson 9900 print on Museo Silver Rag Paper), 50.8 x 67.9 cm; 52.1 x 69.9 cm(frame), edition of 5
0691 [Meridian series] 
2015, inkjet print (Epson 9900 print on Museo Silver Rag Paper), 50.8 x 67.9 cm; 52.1 x 69.9 cm(frame), edition of 5
4413 [Meridian series] 
2015, inkjet print (Epson 9900 print on Museo Silver Rag Paper), 50.8 x 67.9 cm; 52.1 x 69.9 cm(frame), edition of 5
4776 [Choreograph series]
2015, inkjet print (Epson 9900 print on Museo Silver Rag Paper), 106.7 x 160 cm; 109.5 x 162.9 cm(frame), edition of 5
0481 [Oak Tree series]
2013, inkjet print (Epson 9900 print on Museo Silver Rag Paper), 39.4 x 59.1 cm; 56.2 x 76.2 cm(frame) , edition of 5 
0026 [Oak tree series]
2013, inkjet print (Epson 9900 print on Museo Silver Rag Paper), 39.4 x 59.1 cm; 56.2 x 76.2 cm(frame), edition of 5
Tenant Farmer [Wyeth series]
2010, archival inkjet print on rag paper, 62.9 × 40.6 cm, edition of 5 
#78 [Geometric Abstraction series]
2008, unique chromogenic print, 53.7 × 42.2 cm (image), 70.8 × 59.3 cm (framed), unique
0158 [Glass House series]
2006, inkjet print on Museo Silver Rag, 43.8 × 61 (print), 53.8 × 66.1 cm (framed), unique, private collection
Torso #1 [Torso series]
2005,  unique photogram, 101.6 × 76.2 cm; 125 × 98.8 cm (framed), unique, private collection
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