Lee Wells Photography
American, b. 1971
Lee Wells (b.1971) is a conceptual artist whose practice, rooted in the act of painting, draws inspiration from the epic myth of the avant-garde, the enthusiasm of the New York School, the praxis of the Situationists, the process of Fluxus, and the contradictions of Postmodernism. Wells enjoys making things, collaborating with others, and learning something new as often as possible. Most recently he has been experimenting with new technologies to expand on the new frontier of Human / AI collaboration in the arts.
Historically his work has focused on systems of power and control in society and has been presented in various forms internationally for over 30 years, including the Guggenheim Museum, MCA Chicago, PS1/MoMA, 51st Venice Biennale, The National Arts Club, and Hermitage Museum, as well as numerous universities, festivals, art fairs, and galleries. Wells was a co-founder of The Perpetual Art Machine, the video art community portal project (2006-2011) and has directed the alternative curatorial platform IFAC Arts since 1996 which is currently based in New York’s Lower East Side and Athens, Greece.to
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Artist: Lee Wells
Lee Wells 'They Couldn't Believe Their Eyes'
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
They Couldn't Believe Their Eyes (Naiades Series 1)
2023
Archival pigment print
100 x 100 cm
Edition of 5
Signed, titled and dated on verso
Lee Wells (b.1971) is a conceptual artis...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Photography
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Ancient Goddess at Delos
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Ancient Goddess at Delos, 2014
Chromogenic lambda print
20 x 30 inches
Edition of 10
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Photography
Materials
C Print
Poolside Party #15 (Naiades Series 1)
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Poolside Party #15 (Naiades Series 1)
2023
Archival pigment print
edition of 5
Signed, titled and dated on verso
Lee Wells (b.1971) is a conceptual artist whose practice, rooted in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Photography
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Poolside Party #1 (Naiades Series 1)
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Poolside Party #1 (Naiades Series 1)
2023
Unique Archival pigment
60 x 60 cm
Edition of 5
Signed, titled and dated on verso
Lee Wells (b.1971) is a conceptual artist whose practice...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Photography
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
They Couldn't Believe Their Eyes
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
They Couldn't Believe Their Eyes (Naiades Series 1)
2023
Archival pigment print
150 x 150 cm
Edition of 1
Signed, titled and dated on verso
Lee Wells (b.1971) is a conceptual artis...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Photography
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Lee Wells 'The Three Graces, Poolside Party #62'
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Poolside Party #62 (Naiades Series 1)
2023
Archival pigment on canvas
150 x 150 cm / 59 x 59 inches
Signed, titled and dated on verso
Edition of 1
Lee Wells (b.1971) is a conceptual...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Photography
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Lee Wells 'Poolside Party #41 (The Three Graces)'
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Poolside Party #41 (Naiades Series 1)
2023
Archival pigment on canvas
150 x 150 cm / 59 x 59 inches
edition of 1
Signed, titled and dated on verso
Lee Wells (b.1971) is a concept...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Photography
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Poolside Party #15 (Naiades Series 1)
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Poolside Party #15 (Naiades Series 1)
2023
Archival pigment print
edition of 1
150 x 150 cm
Signed, titled and dated on verso
Lee Wells (b.1971) is a conceptual artist whose practi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Photography
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
The Three Graces
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
The Three Graces (Naiades Series 1)
2023
Archival pigment on canvas
100 x 100 cm
Signed, titled and dated on verso
Edition of 1
Lee Wells (b.1971) is a conceptual artist whose pract...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Photography
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
They Suddenly Appeared
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
They Suddenly Appeared (Naiades Series 1)
2023
Unique Archival pigment
100 x 100 cm
Edition of 1
Signed, titled and dated on verso
Lee Wells (b.1971) is a conceptual artist whose ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Photography
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Walking on Water 1
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Walking on Water 1 (Naiades Series 1)
2023
Archival pigment on canvas
100 x 100 cm / 39.25 x 39.25 inches
Signed, titled and dated on verso
and comes with optional NFT Certificate ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Photography
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
The Infinite Conversation after Maurice Blanchet
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
The Infinite Conversation after Maurice Blanchet
2023
Archival pigment on canvas
100 x 100 cm
Signed, titled and dated on verso
Edition of 1
Lee Wells (b.1971) is a conceptual arti...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Photography
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Naiad Looked to the Sky
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Naiad Looked to the Sky
2023
Unique Archival pigment on canvas
100 x 100 cm
edition of 5
Signed, titled and dated on verso
Lee Wells (b.1971) is a conceptual artist whose practice,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Photography
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
There Were Rumors Going Around the Pool
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
There Were Rumors Going Around the Pool (Naiades Series 1)
2023
Unique archival pigment
100 x 100 cm
Edition of 1
Signed, titled and dated on verso
Lee Wells (b.1971) is a conceptu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Photography
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
They Couldn't Believe Their Eyes
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
They Couldn't Believe Their Eyes (Naiades Series 1)
2023
Archival pigment on canvas
100 x 100 cm
Edition of 5
Signed, titled and dated on verso
Lee Wells (b.1971) is a conceptual a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Photography
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
The Best Party Ever
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
The Best Party Ever (Naiades Series 1)
2023
Archival pigment on canvas
100 x 100 cm
Edition of 1
Signed, titled and dated on verso
Lee Wells (b.1971) is a conceptual artist whose p...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Photography
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Poolside Party #1 (Naiades Series 1)
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Poolside Party #1 (Naiades Series 1)
2023
Unique Archival pigment
150 x 150 cm / 59 x 59 inches
Edition of 1
Signed, titled and dated on verso
Lee Wells (b.1971) is a conceptual a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Photography
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Poolside Party #33 (Naiades Series 1.0)
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Poolside Party #33 (Naiades Series 1)
2023
Archival pigment on canvas
60 x 60 cm / 24 x 24 inches
Edition of 5
Signed, titled and dated on verso
Lee Wells (b.1971) is a conceptual ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Photography
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
The Infinite Conversation after Maurice Blanchet
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
The Infinite Conversation after Maurice Blanchet
2023
Archival pigment on canvas
150 x 150 cm / 59 x 59 inches
Signed, titled and dated on verso
Edition of 1
Lee Wells (b.1971) is...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Photography
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Poolside Party #62 (Naiades Series 1.0)
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Poolside Party #62 (Naiades Series 1)
2023
Archival pigment on canvas
100 x 100 cm / 39.25 x 39.25 inches
Signed, titled and dated on verso
and comes with optional NFT Certificate ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Photography
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Poolside Party #33 (Naiades Series 1.0)
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Poolside Party #33 (Naiades Series 1)
2023
Archival pigment on canvas
100 x 100 cm / 39.25 x 39.25 inches
Signed, titled and dated on verso
and comes with optional NFT Certificate ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Photography
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Poolside Party #18 (Naiades Series 1)
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Poolside Party #18 (Naiades Series 1)
2023
Archival pigment on canvas
100 x 100 cm / 39.25 x 39.25 inches
Signed, titled and dated on verso
and comes with optional NFT Certificate ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Photography
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Critical Actors 1
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Critical Actors
2019
1080 HD video
duration 6:20
Edition of 5
Presented on 50" 4K led screen
Lee Wells (°1971, New York) creates mixed media artworks, paintings and media art. He ha...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Photography
Materials
Video
Studio Shoes (Triptych)
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Studio Shoes (Triptych), 2013
C-print
20 x 48 inches (20 x 16 inches each)
Edition of 10
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Lee Wells Photography
Materials
C Print
Delos Column #4
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Delos Column #4, 2014
Chromogenic lambda print
Edition of 10
30 x 20 inches
Where light was born. It’s a UNESCO world heritage site. It’s an ark of history, floating lazily on the w...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Photography
Materials
C Print
Bust of an Important Person #2
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Bust of an Important Person #2
C Print
20 x 16 inches edition of 5
30 x 20 inches edition of 5
signed and numbered
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Photography
Materials
C Print
Poolside Party #31 (Naiades Series 1)
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Poolside Party #31 (Naiades Series 1)
2023
Unique archival pigment
150 x 150 cm / 59 x 59 inches
Edition of 1
Signed, titled and dated on verso
Lee Wells (b.1971) is a conceptual ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Photography
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Poolside Party #30 (Naiades Series 1)
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Poolside Party #30 (Naiades Series 1)
2023
Archival pigment on canvas
60 x 60 cm / 24 x 24 inches
Edition of 5
Signed, titled and dated on verso
Lee Wells (b.1971) is a conceptual ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Photography
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Poolside Party #15 (Naiades Series 1)
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Poolside Party #15 (Naiades Series 1)
2023
Unique Archival pigment on canvas
60 x 60 cm / 24 x 24 inches
edition of 5
Signed, titled and dated on verso
Lee Wells (b.1971) is a conc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Photography
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Poolside Party #41 (Naiades Series 1.0)
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Poolside Party #41 (Naiades Series 1)
2023
Archival pigment on canvas
100 x 100 cm / 39.25 x 39.25 inches
Signed, titled and dated on verso
and comes with optional NFT Certificate ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Photography
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Poolside Party #15 (Naiades Series 1)
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Poolside Party #15 (Naiades Series 1)
2023
Unique Archival pigment on canvas
100 x 100 cm / 39.25 x 39.25 inches
Signed, titled and dated on verso
and comes with optional NFT Certi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Photography
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Poolside Party #30 (Naiades Series 1)
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Poolside Party #30 (Naiades Series 1)
2023
Archival pigment on canvas
100 x 100 cm / 39.25 x 39.25 inches
Signed, titled and dated on verso
and comes with optional NFT Certificate ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Photography
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Poolside Party #33 (Naiades Series 1.0)
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Poolside Party #33 (Naiades Series 1)
2023
Archival pigment on canvas
100 x 100 cm / 39.25 x 39.25 inches
Signed, titled and dated on verso
and comes with optional NFT Certificate ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Photography
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Poolside Party #43 (Naiades Series 1.0)
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Poolside Party #43 (Naiades Series 1)
2023
Archival pigment on canvas
100 x 100 cm / 39.25 x 39.25 inches
Signed, titled and dated on verso
and comes with optional NFT Certificate ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Photography
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Poolside Party #18 (The Infinite Conversation) Naiades Series 1
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Poolside Party #18 (Naiades Series 1)
The Infinite Conversation after Maurice Blanchet
2023
Archival pigment on canvas
100 x 100 cm / 39.25 x 39.25 inches
Signed, titled and dated o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Photography
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Poolside Party #31 (Naiades Series 1)
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Poolside Party #31 (Naiades Series 1)
2023
Archival pigment on canvas
100 x 100 cm / 39.25 x 39.25 inches
Signed, titled and dated on verso
and comes with optional NFT Certificate ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Photography
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Poolside Party #31 (Naiades Series 1)
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Poolside Party #31 (Naiades Series 1)
2023
Archival pigment on canvas
100 x 100 cm / 39.25 x 39.25 inches
Signed, titled and dated on verso
and comes with optional NFT Certificate ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Photography
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Poolside Party #43 (Naiades Series 1.0)
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Poolside Party #43 (Naiades Series 1)
2023
Archival pigment on canvas
100 x 100 cm / 39.25 x 39.25 inches
Signed, titled and dated on verso
and comes with optional NFT Certificate ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Photography
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Poolside Party #30 (Naiades Series 1)
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Poolside Party #30 (Naiades Series 1)
2023
Archival pigment on canvas
100 x 100 cm / 39.25 x 39.25 inches
Signed, titled and dated on verso
and comes with optional NFT Certificate ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Photography
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Poolside Party #15 (Naiades Series 1)
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Poolside Party #15 (Naiades Series 1)
2023
Unique Archival pigment on canvas
100 x 100 cm / 39.25 x 39.25 inches
Signed, titled and dated on verso
and comes with optional NFT Certi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Photography
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Poolside Party #41 (Naiades Series 1.0)
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Poolside Party #41 (Naiades Series 1)
2023
Archival pigment on canvas
100 x 100 cm / 39.25 x 39.25 inches
Signed, titled and dated on verso
and comes with optional NFT Certificate ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Photography
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Poolside Party #62 (Naiades Series 1.0)
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Poolside Party #62 (Naiades Series 1)
2023
Archival pigment on canvas
100 x 100 cm / 39.25 x 39.25 inches
Signed, titled and dated on verso
and comes with optional NFT Certificate ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Photography
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Delos Column #3
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Delos Column #3
30 x 20 inches
Edition of 10
$1500
Set of three - $3000
20 x 16 inches
edition of 20
$900
Set of three - $2000
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Lee Wells Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Delos Column #2
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Delos Column #2
30 x 20 inches
Edition of 10
20 x 16 inches
edition of 20
Where light was born
It’s a UNESCO world heritage site. It’s an ark of history, floating lazily on the wat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Lee Wells Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Delos Column #1
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Delos Column #1
30 x 20 inches
Edition 4 of 10
$1500
Set of three - $3000
20 x 16 inches
edition of 20
$900
Set of three - $2000
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Lee Wells Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Delos Column #3
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Delos Column #3
30 x 20 inches
Edition 3 of 10
$1500
Set of three - $3000
20 x 16 inches
edition of 20
$900
Set of three - $2000
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Lee Wells Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bust of an Important Person 2.1, Athens Greece
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Bust of an Important Person 2.1, Athens Greece, 2014
C print
30 x 20 inches edition of 5
20 x 16 inches edition of 5
Signed and numbered on verso
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Photography
Materials
C Print
Bust of an Important Person #1
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Bust of an Important Person #1
C-print
30 x 20 inches edition of 5
20 x 16 inches edition of 5
Signed and numbered on verso
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Photography
Materials
C Print
Pillion Interior
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Lee Wells
Pillion Interior #1, 2017
C print
16 x 20 inches
edition of 7
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Photography
Materials
C Print
Pillion Landscape with Seated Cat
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Lee Wells
Pillion Landscape with Seated Cat
C Print
20 x 16 inches
Edition of 7
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Photography
Materials
C Print
Chloe on the Beach, 2017
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Lee Wells
Chloe on the Beach, 2017
C Print
20 x 30 inches
Edition of 5
Lee Wells is a conceptual artist, curator, and writer in New York and Athens Greece. His artwork and projects ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Photography
Materials
C Print
Delos Column #5
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Delos Column #5, 2014
Chromogenic lambda print
16 x 20 inches
Edition of 20
Signed, titled, and dated on verso label
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Photography
Materials
C Print
Delos Column #4
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Delos Column #4, 2014
Chromogenic lambda print
Edition of 10
30 x 20 inches
Where light was born. It’s a UNESCO world heritage site. It’s an ark of history, floating lazily on the w...
Category
2010s Contemporary Lee Wells Photography
Materials
C Print
Delos Column #2
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Delos Column #2
30 x 20 inches
Edition of 10
20 x 16 inches
edition of 20
Where light was born
It’s a UNESCO world heritage site. It’s an ark of history, floating lazily on the waters of the Aegean Sea, just a few miles away from cosmopolitan Mykonos. It’s a chance to walk around the revival of the glory of the Greek civilization. It’s the head priest of the Cyclades, the birthplace of the immortals. In the ancient times, the myth of god Apollo, god of light, and goddess Artemis having been born there rendered the island sacred: no mortal would ever be allowed to be born on its land. But, a cradle of gods as the island has been, no mortals would ever be allowed to die on it either. So, apart from it being a conspicuous religious and economic centre, the island had also been exclusive in that: even during the years of peak of the Delian Alliance, women on the brink of childbirth and people close to dying would be carried to the neighbouring island of Rineia. The whole of the known world of that age was aware of the sacredness of the island and of its uniqueness.
Lee Wells is a conceptual artist, independent curator and writer working in New York since 2000. His artwork and projects question systems of power and control and have been exhibited internationally, including the 51st Venice Biennale, 2nd Moscow Biennial, The Guggenheim Museum, NCCA Moscow, PS1/MoMA, and the 1st Mykonos Biennale. He has lectured on art, technology, and contemporary society at many schools and universities including: Columbia University, Princeton University, New York University, Carnegie Mellon University, School of Visual Arts, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Moscow School of Photography, and others. His projects and exhibitions have been reviewed, publications include: The New York Times, The NY Observer, The Art Newspaper...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Lee Wells Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Delos Column #1
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Delos Column #1
30 x 20 inches
Edition 4 of 10
$1500
Set of three - $3000
20 x 16 inches
edition of 20
$900
Set of three - $2000
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Lee Wells Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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