A midcareer survey, this exhibition examined the work of James Welling, who challenges notions of classic photography and its documentary function. Featuring a comprehensive selection of Welling’s photographs from the mid-1970s to the present, the exhibition included images from 10 of Welling’s photographic series, beginning with an early, rarely seen videotape and a series of black-and-white Polaroids.
James Welling: Photographs 1974–1999
Exhibition
Exhibition
On view May 6 – Aug 26
James Welling: Photographs 1974–1999
A midcareer survey, this exhibition examined the work of James Welling, who challenges notions of classic photography and its documentary function. Featuring a comprehensive selection of Welling’s photographs from the mid-1970s to the present, the exhibition included images from 10 of Welling’s photographic series, beginning with an early, rarely seen videotape and a series of black-and-white Polaroids.