William Wegman: Funney / Strange

Throughout his career, William Wegman (born 1943) has moved seamlessly among various media, from conceptual works to commissioned magazine shots, from video work to television segments made for Sesame Street and Saturday Night Live; from artist’s books to children’s books, from photographic “landscapes” employing his dogs to his most recent series of paintings that incorporate scenic postcards with drawing, collage, and paint.

The first retrospective of this artists work in more than fifteen years, combines classic Wegman images with rarely exhibited material and surprising new work. Included are more than 200 works, among them the signature 20 x 24 Polaroids, as well as early black-and-white and altered photographs, as well as paintings, drawings, collages, artists books, videos, and film.

The extensive catalogue, written by scholar and critic Joan Simon offers in about 250 partly full-page illustrations a comprehensive and intruiging look at a pioneer video-maker, conceptualist, performer, photographer, painter, draughtsman, and writer.