Die-cut pigment print, 6.5 x 10 inches (6.5 x 8 inches apparent)
Signed, dated, and numbered on verso, 2019

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In Letha Wilson’s work, the ability of a photograph to transport the viewer is both called upon and questioned: sculptural interventions attempt to compensate for the photograph’s failure to encompass the physical site it represents. She approaches landscape photography with equal parts reverence and skepticism. Wilson makes her own photographs, often during travels in the American West. The hands-on relationship she has developed with photography allows her to further push its potential as sculptural material. Her studio practice has a strong emphasis on material experimentation, where tests and trials lead to discoveries and unexpected results. Her work is often created in response to a particular environment or context, like gallery architecture or an outdoor setting.

Wilson created Folded Nevada Slot Burn, 2019 during a residency in Las Vegas, NV, in support of Shandaken Projects.

About the Artist
Letha Wilson was born in Hawaii in 1976, raised in Colorado, and currently works in Craryville and Brooklyn, New York. She received her BFA from Syracuse University, and her MFA from Hunter College in New York City. Letha attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 2009, and her artwork has been shown at many venues including Mass MoCA, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Bronx Museum of the Arts, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Columbus Museum of Art, Art in General, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, and International Center for Photography. Her work has been reviewed in Artforum, Art in America, The New York Times, and The New Yorker, among others. Wilson has been awarded artist residencies at Yaddo, MacDowell, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Headlands Center for the Arts, and the Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program, among others. In both 2019 and 2014 Letha was awarded a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Photography.