James Welling: Cento

This exhibition focuses on more than 60 recent works by contemporary photographer James Welling (American, born 1951). From the artist’s Cento and Personae series, these photographs of ancient sites in Italy and Greece, as well as antiquities found in museums around the world, were subjected to digital and painterly manipulation by the artist to achieve transformative effects.

Explore the Exhibition

Browse Selected Images

Enjoy a sampling of featured photos below. To see the full collection and additional images from this exhibition, view the album on Flickr.

Schedule of Events

Events listed below with a location are live, in-person programs. When possible, those events will also be streamed and the recordings posted to our YouTube channel.

Register for Events

Opening Night Lecture: James Welling: Cento

Thursday, September 24, 5:30 p.m.

Artist James Welling
Kelley Theatre, Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts, and streaming on Arts & Minds Live

Reception: James Welling: Cento

Thursday, September 24, 6:30 p.m.

Walsh Gallery and Lobby, Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts

Family Day: Getting Creative with Photography

Saturday, September 26, 12:30-2 p.m. and 2:30-4 p.m.

Lobby, Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts
Space is limited; registration required.

Keynote Lecture: “Altered States? The Shifting Impact of Our Visualizations of Antiquity”

Thursday, October 15, 5:30 p.m.

Katherine A. Schwab, PhD (Professor emerita, Art History & Visual Culture)
Part of the Edwin L. Weisl, Jr. Lectureships in Art History, funded by the Robert Lehman Foundation
Dogwood Room, Barone Campus Center, and streaming on Arts & Minds Live

Symposium: Aesthetics, Objectivity, and Interpretation in Archaeological Visual Practices

Friday, October 16, all day

Organized by Andrew Ward, PhD
Dogwood Room, Barone Campus Center

Exhibition Tour: James Welling: Cento

Thursday, October 22, 12:45 p.m.

Andrew Ward, PhD (Assistant Professor of Art History & Visual Culture), offers an archeologist’s perspective on the exhibition.
Walsh Gallery, Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts

Exhibition Tour: James Welling: Cento

Thursday, November 19, 12:45 p.m.

Andrew Ward, PhD (Assistant Professor of Art History & Visual Culture), offers an archeologist’s perspective on the exhibition.
Walsh Gallery, Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts

Art Workshop: Anatomical Drawing

Thursday, December 3, 5-6:30 p.m.

Andrew Ward, PhD (Assistant Professor of Art History & Visual Culture) introduces participants to the James Welling: Cento exhibition, and Christopher Smith, PhD (Assistant Professor of Biology) draws on his training as a medical illustrator to guide participants through a primer on anatomical drawing, using the plaster casts from the Fairfield University Art Museum’s Historic Plaster Cast Collection that are on view in the exhibition.
Space limited to 25; registration required. Materials provided.
Walsh Gallery, Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts

Thank You

The Fairfield University Art Museum is deeply grateful to the following corporations, foundations, and government agencies for their generous support of this year’s exhibitions and programs.

We also acknowledge the generosity of the Museum’s 2010 Society members, together with the many individual donors who are keeping our excellent exhibitions and programs free and accessible to all and who support our efforts to build and diversify our permanent collection.