Things Beyond Resemblance: James Welling Photographs

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ISBN 10: 3791354868 ISBN 13: 9783791354866

Casa editrice: Prestel Pub, 2015

This generously illustrated book examines a series of color photographs by Los Angeles– based artist James Welling, who turned to the painter Andrew Wyeth for inspiration. As a conceptual artist who is deeply interested in the genesis of representation, Welling began this series of photographs
as an examination of Andrew Wyeth’s influence on his own
work, from Welling’s earliest watercolors in the 1960s through
his recent photographs. Shot on location in Pennsylvania and
Maine—in the same areas where Wyeth painted throughout
his life—this major series includes photographs from 2010
through 2014. In addition to including never-before-seen
works from the completed Wyeth series, the book explores
the mechanisms of influence of one artist upon another—
even across media—ranging from subconscious borrowings
to more direct appropriations. Using color photography,
Welling evokes Wyeth’s aesthetic, particularly the importance
of place in his work. Paying homage to Wyeth’s practice of
manipulating subject matter in his seemingly realistic paintings,
Welling digitally altered his photographs in subtle ways. This
book provides a fascinating look at a major new series by a
leading contemporary artist, and allows for fresh and insightful
connections to Andrew Wyeth.

L'autore:

Philipp Kaiser is an independent curator whose books include Ends of the Earth: Land Art to 1974 and Jack Goldstein x 10,000 (both by Prestel). Michael Fried, the J.R. Herbert Boone Professor of Humanities and Art History at the Johns Hopkins University, is the author of Why Photography Matters As Art As Never Before. Suzanne Hudson is an art critic, author, and Associate Professor of Art History and Fine Arts at the University of Southern California. Sharon Lockhart is a photographer and filmmaker who exhibits internationally and teaches at the University of Southern California s Roski School of Art and Design.