Artists

James Welling

Press release

Marian Goodman Gallery is pleased to present the third exhibition of work by James Welling in Paris. An artist widely acclaimed for his unclassifiable approach to photography, Welling has worked with the materiality of the medium since 1975. After using a wide array of analog photographic processes, Welling turned to digital technologies in 1998. His Thought Objects, 2023-24, whose title is borrowed from Barbara Ess and Glenn Branca’s anthology of photographs published in 1987, embodies his evolving quest for discovery. New Thought Objects photographs made recently in Italy are presented at 79 rue du Temple, and at 66 rue du Temple, three Thought Objects from 2023 are hung with his 2009 series devoted to the Maison de verre, an iconic glass and steel domestic building built by architect Pierre Chareau in Paris in the late 1920s.

The gallery is pleased to invite you to a masterclass by James Welling, Saturday January 18 at 5 pm at the gallery, 79 rue du Temple. His presentation will be moderated by Simon Baker, director of the MEP, Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris. Admission is free upon reservation.