Friday, December 9, 2016 – Saturday, January 28, 2017
533 West 19th Street, New York
James Welling has selected 65 works for an exhibition and sale at David Zwirner in New York to benefit the Foundation for Contemporary Arts (FCA). Sixteen works have been contributed by artists at Welling’s invitation and 49 were selected from the FCA’s collection, including works from its first benefit exhibition in 1963.
Cecily Brown, Young Spartans (After Degas), 2016. Watercolor and gouache on paper, 12 1/4 x 17 1/8 inches (31.1 x 43.5 cm) © 2016 Cecily Brown
Foundation for Contemporary Arts (FCA) is the arts grant-making organization founded in 1963 by Jasper Johns and John Cage. FCA’s mission is to encourage, sponsor, and promote innovative work in the arts created and presented by individuals, groups, and organizations. Its “artists for artists” legacy continues today with Grants to Artists, unrestricted, by-nomination grants supporting pioneering work across the fields of dance, music/sound, performance art/theater, poetry, and the visual arts. Emergency Grants are also made to assist artists with last-minute expenses and unexpected opportunities related to their work. Since 1963, over 2,600 grants to artists and arts organizations—totaling nearly $12 million—have provided opportunities for creative exploration and the realization of new work.
Artists: Diane Arbus, Roger Ballen, Robert Barry, Jennifer Bartlett, Jake Berthot, Walead Beshty, Bruce Boice, Paul Brach, Cecily Brown, Chryssa, Chuck Close, Anne Collier, Sue de Beer, Tacita Dean, Willie Doherty, Suzan Frecon, Katharina Fritsch and Alexej Koschkarow, Anna Gaskell, Robert Gober, Katy Grannan, Stephen Greene, Lyle Ashton Harris, Rachel Harrison, Michael Hurson, Jasper Johns, Annette Lemieux, Zoe Leonard, Julian Lethbridge, Siobhan Liddell, Glenn Ligon, Jane Logemann, Andrew Lord, Jonas Mekas, Lisa Milroy, Peter Moore, Carrie Moyer, Joan Nelson, Gabor Peterdi, Judy Pfaff, Ellen Phelan, Harvey Quaytman, Robert Rauschenberg, Dorothea Rockburne, Michelle Segre, Keith Sonnier, Pat Steir, Dorothea Tanning, Al Taylor, Wolfgang Tillmans, Deborah Turbeville, Charline von Heyl, John Walker, Kara Walker, Andy Warhol, Marjorie Welish, James Welling, Robert Whitman, T.J. Wilcox, Christopher Williams, Terry Winters, Bing Wright, Tadanori Yokoo, Elyn Zimmerman
Siobhan Liddell, Untitled, 2010. Paper and tread on linen, 27 x 20 inches (68.6 x 50.8 cm)
