Leslie Hewitt

Leslie Hewitt’s practice spans photography, sculpture, and site-specific installations, consistently engaging with the fluid and complex nature of time. Her work navigates the interplay between the illusionary qualities inherent in photography and the tangible presence of sculptural forms.

Hewitt reinterprets the still life genre through a post-minimalist and civil-rights lens. Her geometric compositions, often framed assemblages of ordinary objects and personal mementos like family photographs or vintage Black literary magazines, reveal the subtle connections between intimate experiences and broader sociopolitical narratives.

Through these contrapuntal arrangements and a distinctive approach to spatiality, Hewitt challenges conventional notions of meaning and memory. Her practice unfolds formal rather than didactic connections, inviting viewers to consider the mechanisms by which our understanding of the past and present is constructed.