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Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

Davidson, NORTH CAROLINA

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  • Artist: James Welling (American, b. 1951)

James Welling grew up taking drawing classes at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, CT. Welling studied at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh before receiving his BFA and MFA from the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia. From 1995 to 2016, he served as the Area Head of Photography at UCLA, and since 2012 he has been a Lecturer at Princeton University.

Welling is a conceptual artist known for his color-filtered and digitally manipulated photographs. His work often explores ambiguity and skepticism while maintaining a deeply formal process that connects the legacy of Conceptual Art to the technical practice of photography.
Untitled #0696 (Glass House) by James Welling, Image 1.
  • James Welling
  • Untitled #0696 (Glass House), 2006
Archival pigment print, mounted
33 x 50 in
(83.82 x 127.0 cm)
Black Ice by James Welling, Image 1.
  • James Welling
  • Black Ice, 2010
Pigment print
10.625 x 16 in
(26.99 x 40.64 cm)
Tile Photograph 4 by James Welling, Image 2.
  • James Welling
  • Tile Photograph 4, 1985
Gelatin silver print mounted to board
20 x 16 in
(50.8 x 40.64 cm)
Wreckage by James Welling, Image 1.
  • James Welling
  • Wreckage, 1981
Selenium-toned gelatin silver contact print
12 x 9 in
(30.48 x 22.86 cm)
Tile Photograph 7 by James Welling, Image 2.
  • James Welling
  • Tile Photograph 7, 1985
Gelatin silver print mounted to board
20 x 16 in
(50.8 x 40.64 cm)
Skylight, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium by James Welling, Image 1.
  • James Welling
  • Skylight, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium, 1996
Pigment print
12 x 9 in
(30.48 x 22.86 cm)
Powerpool, Selkirk Yard by James Welling, Image 1.
  • James Welling
  • Powerpool, Selkirk Yard, 1991
Gelatin silver print
9 x 11.25 in
(22.86 x 28.58 cm)
Palette by James Welling, Image 1.
  • James Welling
  • Palette, 1976
Pigment print
3.375 x 4.25 in
(8.57 x 10.8 cm)
B86 by James Welling, Image 1.
  • James Welling
  • B86, 1980
Gelatin silver print on Kodak Azo paper
5 x 3.625 in
(12.7 x 9.21 cm)
6629 by James Welling, Image 1.
  • James Welling
  • 6629, 2008
Pigment print
10.375 x 16 in
(26.35 x 40.64 cm)
Iris Print by James Welling, Image 2.
  • James Welling
  • Iris Print, 1998
Black-and-white iris print
44.5 x 31 in
(113.03 x 78.74 cm)
May by James Welling, Image 2.
  • James Welling
  • May, 1981
Gelatin silver print
7.5 x 9.5 in
(19.05 x 24.13 cm)