James Welling Julia Mamaea - 99D
James Welling
Julia Mamaea - 99D
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Julia Mamaea was a cultured Roman noblewoman (180-235 CE) and mother of the emperor Severus Alexander. During a visit to a New York museum, James Welling discovered a partially destroyed bust of Julia Mamaea that stood out from the surrounding figures for its naturalistic depiction of the subject. Welling took a digital photograph of the sculpture, from which he then created a series of handmade photographs.
Made with aniline dyes and gelatin of various kinds, the resulting images transform the extraordinary naturalism of the sculpture, giving rise to a somewhat altered and sometimes radically different expression on Julia's face. Somewhere between representation and abstraction, the work both uses and undermines photography's capacity for mimesis.
Made with aniline dyes and gelatin of various kinds, the resulting images transform the extraordinary naturalism of the sculpture, giving rise to a somewhat altered and sometimes radically different expression on Julia's face. Somewhere between representation and abstraction, the work both uses and undermines photography's capacity for mimesis.
Julia Mamaea - 99D, 2020
Inkjet print on Hahnemühle 308 mat paper
Paper: 11 3/4 x 16 1/2 in. (29.7 x 42 cm)
Edition of 40 plus 5 artist's proofs
*Please note the edition is sold unframed