JAMES WELLING: CENTO to Open at Fairfield University Art Museum
The show will feature more than 60 photographs by the Connecticut-born artist exploring ancient Greek and Roman architecture and statuary.
Fairfield University Art Museum is presenting JAMES WELLING: Cento, a major exhibition of the photographer's work focusing on the classical world, marking its first American museum presentation. The exhibition will be on view from September 25 to December 12, in the Museum's Walsh Gallery at the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts.
Cento will feature more than 60 photographs by Connecticut-born, American photographer James Welling (b. 1951), featuring architecture and statuary of ancient Greece and Rome.
The exhibition will include photographs of ancient sites in Italy and Greece, as well as antiquities found in museums around the world, which were subjected to digital and painterly alteration by the artist to achieve transformative effects.
Photo Credit: James Welling, Portrait of Plutarch, 2023, laser print with oil paint. Courtesy of the artist. © James Welling
Photo Credit: James Welling, Portrait of Plutarch, 2023, laser print with oil paint. Courtesy of the artist. © James Welling
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