{"data":{"id":"11222","type":"artist","attributes":{"id":11222,"topgoose_id":3129,"tms_id":11222,"display_name":"Leslie Hewitt","sort_name":"Hewitt Leslie","display_date":"1977–","begin_date":"1977","end_date":"1977","biography":"\u003cp\u003eLeslie Hewitt’s photographs and sculptures\nemploy personal items and found objects\nto address notions of time, history, memory,\nand identity. Influenced by the French\nNew Wave and Latin American Third\nCinema movements of the 1960s and 1970s,\nshe emphasizes personal narrative as a\nmeans to expose social and political\nissues, pointing to the techniques these\nfilmmakers used to create a revolutionary\nvisual language. Hewitt similarly pushes\nthe boundaries of photography, questioning\nthe structure of the medium and delving\ninto its sculptural possibilities. “It’s important\nto remind ourselves that photographic\nmeaning isn’t something that’s produced\nby the artist or inherent in the subject,”\nshe has noted. “We’re all actively involved\nin its negotiation, all the time.”\n\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of seven photographs that\ncomprise the \u003cem\u003eBlue Skies, Warm Sunlight\nseries, \u003c/em\u003e\u003ca href=\"/collection/works/40997\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eUntitled (Myriad)\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e depicts a casual\narrangement of books and a faded\nfamily snapshot pinned to the white wall.\nBarely discernable is a tattered copy of\nJerome H. Skolnick’s\u003cem\u003e\u0026nbsp;The Politics of\nProtest\u003c/em\u003e—a 1969 report on protest\nmovements that explored the role law\nenforcement played in the escalation\nof violence. She emphasizes the large-scale\nphotograph’s physical presence by\nexhibiting it in a wooden frame that rests\non the floor and leans against a wall.\nSuggesting the ways in which personal\nand collective memories coexist,\nthe image points to a specific time of\nsocial change in American culture while\ndocumenting a present moment; each\nphoto in this series was taken in her studio\nas the light subtly changed over time.\u003c/p\u003e","on_view":false,"artport":false,"biennial":true,"collection":true,"ulan_id":null,"wikidata_id":null,"created_at":"2017-08-31T10:23:03.000-04:00","updated_at":"2026-01-28T18:06:55.773-05:00","links":{"artworks":"/api/artists/11222/artworks","exhibitions":"/api/artists/11222/exhibitions"}}}}