Major European survey exhibition
2017
Metamorph Music composed and performed by William B. Welling ℗ © 2017 William B. Welling, Averill Park, NY USA
May 5–July 16
Kunstforum Wien presented James Welling's first major European survey, featuring a selection of works by the American artist from the early 1970s to the present. Welling's practice, which reflects fundamental changes in photography during recent decades, shuffles the elemental components of the medium to produce distinctly uncompromising work.
The exhibition traveled to Vienna from Ghent in Belgium, where it was presented at S.M.A.K. in January 2017. The exhibition is accompanied by a publication which includes texts by co-curators Heike Eipeldauer and Martin Germann and an interview with Welling by Hal Foster. Published by S.M.A.K. | Prestel