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Subject(s)

• Welch, Cameron 1990- [Browse]
• Mosaics—United States—21st century—Catalogs [Browse]
• Art, Modern—21st century—Catalogs [Browse]

Artist

• Welch, Cameron, 1990- [Browse]

Interviewee

• Welch, Cameron, 1990- [Browse]

Author

• Belis, Alexis [Browse]

Interviewer

• Mesler, Joel, 1974- [Browse]

Summary note

"The inaugural monograph of multidisciplinary artist Cameron Welch presents a vivid, comprehensive look into a young artist's practice. Welch's work has straddled sculpture, collage, and textiles, but in early 2017, he shifted to mosaic as his primary medium. As a child, the artist was introduced to mosaic by his grandmother, an experience that has a lasting impact on the way he works the age-old medium to piece together disparate materials and histories. Welch treats mosaic as a physical manifestation of intertextuality, referring to the colliding contexts he unearths in the work as a kind of "infiltration." While Welch's chosen medium evokes ancient traditions, the effect of his work is decidedly contemporary. His chaotic, jumbled compositions speak to the same anxiety felt in the Information Age, an era when unlimited information is available at the tap of a screen. Amidst the pictorial chaos of Welch's mosaics, the figures who emerge range from familiar to foreign, comical to heroic. Frequently depicting himself and figures from his own life, Welch sheds light on unsung histories within the intricate topology of his creations. An incisive essay by Greek and Roman Art scholar Alexis Belis helps readers contextualize Welch's work within historical and contemporary creative practice." --Publisher's description.

Contents

• Modern antiquity: the enduring art of mosaics / Alexis Belis
• Conversation / Joel Mesler with Cameron Welch.

Other title(s)

Mosaics

ISBN

9798890181077 (hardcover)

OCLC

1430194234

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