James Welling, Torso 3

James Welling, Torso 3, 2005-2008 Digital chromogenic print 45 ¾ x 34 ¼ in.

So too in Welling’s photogram series Torsos (2005–08) do complexities manifest. He cut screening, of the same type used for windows, to follow bodily contours and placed them on chromogenic paper before exposing them. Folded, curled, and billowing up from the paper ground, the wavy-edged mesh scraps produce lushly variegated passages while also revealing an obdurate materiality through their density, thickness, and permeability to light.

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