{"id":8075,"title":"Bill Wegman","kind":"bio","url":"https://www.videohistoryproject.org/bill-wegman","version":"1891c8e889f7ec0649b9e2d1e7e13ff59d2c12c7baeb0c7a125752b956d9a975","modified":"2011-06-18T00:01:09+00:00","credits":[],"authorKeys":[],"subjects":["bio"],"metadata":[{"label":"First name","value":"Bill","url":null},{"label":"Last name","value":"Wegman","url":null}],"citations":{"page":"\u0022Bill Wegman.\u0022 Video History Project, Experimental Television Center, 2011. https://www.videohistoryproject.org/bill-wegman.","publication":null,"risUrl":"https://www.videohistoryproject.org/citation/8075.ris"},"links":[],"sections":[{"name":"body","source":"VHP record body","generated":false,"characters":1413},{"name":"summary","source":"existing VHP generated summary","generated":true,"characters":564}],"content":{"section":"body","source":"VHP record body","generated":false,"text":"William Wegman was born in Holyoke, Massachusetts, in 1943. He graduated from the Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, in 1965 with a BFA in painting, then enrolled in the Masters painting and printmaking program at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, receiving an MFA in 1967. After teaching at various universities, Wegman\u0027s interests in areas beyond painting ultimately led him to photography and the infant medium of video. While living in Long Beach, California, Wegman acquired Man Ray, the dog with whom he began a fruitful twelve-year collaboration. Man Ray became a central figure in Wegman\u0027s photography and videos, known in the art world and beyond for his endearing deadpan presence. In 1972, Wegman and Man Ray moved to New York. In 1986, a new dog, Fay Ray, came into Wegman\u0027s life, and soon thereafter another famous collaboration began, marked by Wegman\u0027s use of the Polaroid 20 x 24 camera. With the birth of Fay\u0027s litter in 1989 and her daughter\u0027s litter in 1995, Wegman\u0027s cast grew. His photographs, videos, paintings, and drawings have been exhibited in museums and galleries internationally. A retrospective of his work traveled to museums throughout Europe and the United States, including the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. His most recent exhibitions have gone to Japan, Sweden, and the Orange County Museum of Art in California. Wegman lives in New York and Maine.","offset":0,"nextOffset":null,"totalCharacters":1413,"complete":true},"rightsUrl":"https://www.videohistoryproject.org/terms-service"}