To some, Leslie Hewitt’s conceptual photography will be maddeningly vague, to others, enticingly elusive. Propped against the wall as if it were an object or sculpture, it displays one book with its spine facing us – James Baldwin’s essays on race, ‘The Fire Next Time.’ This incendiary text rests next to a cooling lemon, an art historical symbol of mortality and moderation. (At Sikkema Jenkins & Co in Chelsea, through Oct 5th).
Leslie Hewitt, Untitled (Perception), Still Life Series, digital c-print in custom maple frame, 2013.
