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Letha Wilson
Cross Country, GRIMM Keizersgracht 241, Amsterdam (NL), May 18 - July 13, 2019

Letha Wilson: Cross Country

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Works
  • Letha Wilson Joshua Tree Granite Pierced Steel, 2019 UV prints on Corten steel 102.9 x 48.3 x 38.1 cm | 40 1/2 x 19 x 15 in
    Letha Wilson
    Joshua Tree Granite Pierced Steel, 2019
    UV prints on Corten steel
    102.9 x 48.3 x 38.1 cm | 40 1/2 x 19 x 15 in
  • Letha Wilson Pacific Fern Fold Steel, 2019 UV prints on Corten Steel 114.3 x 52.1 x 27.9 cm | 45 x 20 1/2 x 11 in
    Letha Wilson
    Pacific Fern Fold Steel, 2019
    UV prints on Corten Steel
    114.3 x 52.1 x 27.9 cm | 45 x 20 1/2 x 11 in
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  • Letha Wilson Rock Fade Double Arches Steel, 2019 UV prints on Corten steel 76.2 x 53.3 x 52.1 cm | 30 x 21 x 20 1/2 in
    Letha Wilson
    Rock Fade Double Arches Steel, 2019
    UV prints on Corten steel
    76.2 x 53.3 x 52.1 cm | 30 x 21 x 20 1/2 in
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  • Letha Wilson Utah Pine Double Slot Steel, 2019 UV prints on Corten steel 99.1 x 49.5 x 22.9 cm | 39 x 19 1/2 x 9 in
    Letha Wilson
    Utah Pine Double Slot Steel, 2019
    UV prints on Corten steel
    99.1 x 49.5 x 22.9 cm | 39 x 19 1/2 x 9 in
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  • Letha Wilson Valley of Fire Nested Rocks Steel, 2019 UV prints on Corten steel, bronze tube 81.3 x 48.3 x 27.9 cm | 32 x 19 x 11 in
    Letha Wilson
    Valley of Fire Nested Rocks Steel, 2019
    UV prints on Corten steel, bronze tube
    81.3 x 48.3 x 27.9 cm | 32 x 19 x 11 in
  • Letha Wilson Weeping Rock Rolled Steel, 2019 UV prints on Corten steel 99.1 x 55.9 x 38.1 cm | 39 x 22 x 15 in
    Letha Wilson
    Weeping Rock Rolled Steel, 2019
    UV prints on Corten steel
    99.1 x 55.9 x 38.1 cm | 39 x 22 x 15 in
  • Letha Wilson Zion Canyon Palms Slice Steel, 2019 UV prints on Corten steel 124.5 x 58.4 x 45.7 cm| 49 x 23 x 18 in
    Letha Wilson
    Zion Canyon Palms Slice Steel, 2019
    UV prints on Corten steel
    124.5 x 58.4 x 45.7 cm| 49 x 23 x 18 in
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Installation Views
  • Cross Country Letha Wilson Grimm 2019 Installation View 6
  • Cross Country Letha Wilson Grimm 2019 Installation View 3
  • Cross Country Letha Wilson Grimm 2019 Installation View 2
  • Cross Country Letha Wilson Grimm 2019 Installation View 1
  • Cross Country Letha Wilson Grimm 2019 Installation View 5
  • Cross Country Letha Wilson Grimm 2019 Installation View 7
Press release
Letha Wilson, Cross Country
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GRIMM is pleased to announce Cross Country, a solo exhibition of new works by Letha Wilson (1976 Honolulu, US), on view at our Keizersgracht location in Amsterdam. This marks the artist’s third solo exhibition with the gallery and comprises a new body of free-standing sculptures.

Letha Wilson expands the boundaries between photography and sculpture by questioning how a photograph can be physically engaged. She trades the traditional confines of a photographic image by merging them with industrial materials like concrete, zinc, aluminum or steel. In doing so, she questions the duality between the natural landscape and our industrial, synthetic society.

Proposing a new physical presence that has a life of its own beyond the original photograph, Wilson’s work is as much about its own material as the image that it was born from. The works in Cross Country contain photographs from sites in the American west that Wilson has recently traveled to, such as Valley of Fire State Park in Nevada and Zion National Park in Utah.

Many of the photographs were taken this past winter when Wilson committed several trips exploring the environment of Nevada. The images show a variety of natural textures, from detailed, green close-ups that carefully reveal the veins of a fern or a conifer’s twigs, to majestic rock facades that reach beyond the horizon. Her exploration of this region renders a concentration of colors ranging from deep green to the brown, ochre, red and even purple hues of stone.

The photographs taken on site are later manipulated in the studio and printed on Corten steel. Some sculptures fluently mirror the lines of the pictured landscape, while others contain sharp geometric forms which produce an interplay of shadow and light on the images.

The works in Cross Country are a continuation of Wilson’s free-standing outdoor sculptures, but on a smaller, more intimate scale that the viewer can physically relate to.

The artist has implemented UV-printing which allows the works to be installed outside and engage directly with the elements and nature. As the patinas change over time due to various weather conditions, the natural world will act as a co-creative force on the form of these artworks.

Opening: Saturday 18 May, 6-8 pm

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  • Foto Sonia Mangiapane, Courtesy the artist and GRIMM Amsterdam | New York

    Rotswanden die je wilt aaien (in Dutch)

    Sophia Zücher, Het Parool, June 7, 2019
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