About the Work
"Nature is the most expensive wallpaper," Philip Johnson once said. As the architect of the Glass House, this sentiment could not be better depicted than in James Welling's photograph of the revered structure. By holding filters in front of the lens in pairs, Welling added translucent layers of vivid red and bright green over the image, allowing the structure of the house to blend even further into its surroundings.
Welling says, "When I realized I could make the grass red or make sun flares, splatters, and different types of visual activity in front of this supposedly transparent house, or box, the project became a laboratory for ideas about transparency, reflectivity, and color."
About the Artist
Part artist, part mad scientist, James Welling pushes the limits of photography through experimentation and exploration of materials. Self-trained and fueled by curiosity, there doesn’t seem to be a photographic process or tool he has yet to attempt. His abstractions are rendered as photograms, traditional gelatin silver prints, Polaroids, and digitally processed prints. He uses shutterless, digital, and vintage view cameras to create his images; in some cases he removes the camera altogether and works directly on film. Despite his wide range of methods, we see one common thread in all of his works: light.
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