1. William Wegman Rebecca Longley Curriculum and Instruction Spring 2009.

2. Who is William Wegman? - Born December 2, 1943 in Holyoke, Massachusetts. http://iz.carnegiemnh.org/crayfish/images/massachusetts.jpg “You have talent,” his teacher said. “You should go to art school.” - Early fascination with art. Specifically painting and film. -Earned a BFA in painting from the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston in 1965.

3. Where in the world is William Wegman? http://www.nightscaping.com/dealerselect1/select_images/usa_map.gifhttp://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/william_wegman

4. Influences Bruce Nauman http://www.pbs.org/art21/slideshow/?slide=564&artindex=144 http://www.gms.be/index.php?content=artist_defaultimage&id_artist=34 Allen Ruppersberg http://www.edruscha.com/ Ed Ruscha

5. Enter the muse… http://www.eai.org/eai/title.htm?id=2829 Man Ray

6. The collaboration… early works. http://www.artnet.com/Magazine/FEATURES/saltz/saltz4-2-03.asp http://www.marquette.edu/haggerty/exhibitions/past/wegman.html Untitled 1973 http://blog.curativeprojects.net/ Video Still 1973-74 Man Ray contemplating the bust of Man Ray 1982 “A miracle is a good way to describe it.” - Wegman on working with Man Ray

7. Milk/Floor 1970 http://www.amny.com/entertainment/am-wegman-pg,0,4525623.photogallery?index=7 Video Photography “The light in his eye just exploded in video… He was absolutely gorgeous in that medium, and he liked doing it.” - Wegman http://www.eai.org/eai/titleOrderingFees.htm?id=915 Video still 1975

8. “The ironic juxtaposition of animal playing human caught the attention of the public and made Wegman’s work an instant success and Man Ray a loveable star.” - Joe Jarrell Polaroid Bag Lady 1979 Have you ever tried to take pictures of your pets?

9. http://www.fathom.com/feature/122562/3349_art3_LG.html Frog/frog II 1982 What feeling do you think Wegman is trying to portray in these images? http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/Matted_Prints/MP_FN0059.jpg Fey Ray 1979 Silly ? Feminine? Happy? Gentle?

10. http://media.npr.org/programs/atc/features/2006/feb/banjo/wegman420.jpg Blue Period 1981 “In my own work I have visited many art movements. My Blue Period lasted one afternoon.” - Wegman

11. Silver and Gold, 1982 Wegman “I could do him as a dog, a man, a sculpture, a character, a bat, a frog, an elephant, an Airedale, a dinosaur, a poodle. I never got tired of him.” - Wegman “When Man Ray died I lost a best friend and a muse.” - Wegman

12. No fun sleeping under a picture like this! 1975 http://www.wexarts.org/ex/index.php?eventid=2071 Cotto 1970 http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/wegman/card1.html# Not just dogs… What are some differences and similarities of these pieces with the works representing Man Ray?

13. http://gregcookland.com/journal/2007/04/william-wegman.html Dock Scene 1985 http://www.paceprints.com/artistportfolio/artistportfolio.php?aID=100 Recusants 1999 Painting Drawing 16 E’s and 16 L’s 1973 Wegman What do you see in Wegman’s paintings and drawings?

14. Fay Ray, 1988 http://www.housepetmagazine.com/two/wegman.htm Fay and Andrea, 1987 Wegman http://www.domainedesweimars.fr/presse-canine/Weimar%20roller.jpg Roller Rover 1987 Fay

15. http://mailer.e-flux.com/mail_images/1141431013wegman.jpg Connector 1994 http://www.pbs.org/art21/slideshow/?slide=591&showindex=321 On Set 1994 “Dressing up a dog as a person, is I think, not a very good thing, but when I do it its fine.” - Wegman “Fay reflected light, Ray absorbed it.” - Wegman

16. Stabled 1990 http://www.mocp.org/collections/permanent/wegman_william.php http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/10/arts/design/10wegm.html?pagewanted=all Strippy 2001 In what settings do we see Wegman’s dogs? What kind of connection do you have with your pets?

17. Click Here to Watch! William Wegman Talks Dog William Wegman Talks Dog http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdI_SWIhn-E Polaroids Archimbaldo 1994

18. What’s Wegman’s Big Idea? http://www.pbs.org/art21/slideshow/?slide=595&artindex=154 Miss Mit 1993

19. Identity? Humor? Both? http://www.pbs.org/art21/slideshow/?slide=593&showindex=88http://www.pbs.org/art21/slideshow/?slide=596&artindex=154

20. So what is… Identity? http://www.pbs.org/art21/slideshow/?slide=594&showindex=425 Canon Aside 2000

21. What is humor? http://muttnews.wordpress.com/2008/05/12/will-wegmans-weimeraners-on-display-in-scottsdale/

22. How can identity and humor be linked? Can you name some ways William Wegman uses identity and/or humor in his work? http://www.ia27.ac-rouen.fr/pedagogie/eric_oeuvres_oct_2003/Images/Photos/William%20Wegman.jpg

23. Put your thinking caps on! - How does using the same model (his dogs) affect Wegman’s Big Idea? - How could you use humor to represent your identity? - What feelings do you/would you like to express in art? - What medium would you use to represent your identity? http://www.dropthatsock.com/content/wegman.old.dogs.jpg

24. http://www.artline.com/associations/ifpda/ifpdafair/ifpdafair2002/nonexhibiting/Segura_Publishing_Company/index.html Role Models 1994 So what’s William Wegman up to these days? - Wegman lives in New York and Maine with his growing family of Weimaraners ready to photograph or film at any moment. - Wegman continues to make films, photographs, drawings and paintings. - His works are displayed in private collections and in museums and galleries all over the world.

25. Bibliography - Bergeron, Angelle. "William Wegman." Urban Dog. 18 Feb 2009. - Adams, Brooks. "Wegman Unleashed." ARTnews (Jan 1990): 150-155. - Anthropomorphism. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anthropomorphism - "Art:21." 2007. PBS-WMHT. 10 February 2009. - Barrett, Terry. Criticizing Art. 2nd. New York, New York: McGraw-Hill, 2000. - Carter, Curtis L.. "William Wegman: Early Works." 10 February 2009. - Eason, Antonio. "William Wegman Biography." Western Conneticut State University. 10 February 2009. - Golden, Thelma, Lynn M. Herbert, Katy Siegel, Robert Storr, and Susan Sollins. Art:21 Season One Companion Book. PBS Art:21, Inc. 2001-2007, - Graham, Judith. "Wegman, William."Current Biography Yearbook. 1992. 1992. pg.604-607 - Gross, Michael. "Pup Art." New York Magazine 30 March 1992 10 February 2009. - Jarrell, Joe. "Art Writing." Giving The Dog A Strobe: Interview with Photographer William Wegman. 18 Feb 2009. - "'Picturing The Banjo' Through American History." NPR. 2007. 11 February 2009. - S.H, "William Wegman." Art and Music Since 1945 :: and :: Artist and Musician Biographies. 11 February 2009. - Weimaraner Breed Standard. 2007. American Kennel Club. 10 February 2009. - "William Wegman and the 20x24 Camera." Creative. 2007. Polaroid. 10 February 2009. - "William Wegman: Funney/Strange." Addison Gallery of American Art. 10 February 2009. - "William Wegman: The man, the work." amNewYork. 10 February 2009.