Leslie Hewitt: On Beauty, Objects, and Dissonance
Curated by Rashida Bumbray March 27–May 10 at The Kitchen

This solo exhibition presents the US premiere of Leslie Hewitt's most recent investigations in photography, sculpture, and video installation that explore her long-standing interest in non-linear perspective and early twentieth century notions of double-consciousness. Known for a practice that traffics in a realm between the sculptural and the photographic, and riffs on political, social and personal material in order to expand confining narratives, Hewitt's current proposition evokes similar concerns. Using Claude Brown's Harlem migration text Manchild in the Promised Land (1965), as a point of departure, Hewitt creates visually elegant and thoughtfully composed situational works that question the contemporary moment through the exigencies of time.

Also on view with Hewitt’s exhibition, The Kitchen is pleased to present Louis Cameron’s video Christmas Tree as part of the monthly video series LIFT. In Christmas Tree, he pays homage to the experimental approaches of Stan Brakhage, creating amorphous streams of shifting color taken from an image of a star constellation. Cameron positions light and the illusion of movement as the main concerns of this animation, leaving viewers in a vertically suspended state.

Exhibition Hours: Tues-Fri, 12-6pm; Sat 11-6pm FREE

This exhibition features a new film installation created in collaboration with cinematographer Bradford Young. There will be a discussion between Hewitt and Young, moderated by Rashida Bumbray on Sunday, May 9 at 4:00 P.M. Admission is free.

This exhibition is made possible with generous support from Cristina Enriquez-Bocobo, Debra and Dennis Scholl, and with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency. Additional support was provided by Deluxe.

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