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Letha Wilson — Palm Fronds Philodendron Florida
Letha Wilson

Palm Fronds Philodendron Florida

2021

Lush botanical imagery fractures across folded steel in this striking 2021 work by Letha Wilson, where photography and sculpture collapse into a single, unified object. UV prints bearing close-up views of palm fronds and philodendron foliage are applied directly onto the metal surface, which has been bent and creased so that the photographic plane breaks apart along geometric fault lines. The result is an image that refuses to sit still, shifting in appearance as the viewer moves around it and light plays across the angled steel panels. At 106.5 by 78 by 32 centimeters, the work commands physical presence in a way that a flat photograph never could, projecting outward into the room while simultaneously drawing attention back to the lush greens and organic textures locked within the print. Wilson, who is based in New York, has built a distinctive practice around the tension between photography's flatness and sculpture's dimensional reality, often working with natural landscapes and plant life as her source imagery. Here, tropical foliage becomes the vehicle through which that tension is explored with particular richness. The verdant subject matter carries associations of abundance and growth, yet the steel support is industrial and unyielding, creating a productive friction between the organic and the manufactured. This interplay is central to Wilson's broader project of complicating how photographic images are experienced, moving them beyond documentation into something materially autonomous. Signed and offered through Galerie Christophe Gaillard, the work arrives without a frame, a deliberate condition that honors its nature as a sculptural object rather than a wall piece in any conventional sense. It suits collectors drawn to work that bridges photography, sculpture, and material experimentation, and sits comfortably within collections that engage with artists expanding the formal possibilities of lens-based practice.

Medium
UV prints on steel
Overall
Signed
Yes
Location
Galerie Christophe Gaillard, Paris

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Letha Wilson, Palm Fronds Philodendron Florida, 2021

Lush botanical imagery fractures across folded steel in this striking 2021 work by Letha Wilson, where photography and sculpture collapse into a single, unified object. UV prints bearing close-up views of palm fronds and philodendron foliage are applied directly onto the metal surface, which has been bent and creased so that the photographic plane breaks apart along geometric fault lines. The result is an image that refuses to sit still, shifting in appearance as the viewer moves around it and light plays across the angled steel panels. At 106.5 by 78 by 32 centimeters, the work commands physical presence in a way that a flat photograph never could, projecting outward into the room while simultaneously drawing attention back to the lush greens and organic textures locked within the print. Wilson, who is based in New York, has built a distinctive practice around the tension between photography's flatness and sculpture's dimensional reality, often working with natural landscapes and plant life as her source imagery. Here, tropical foliage becomes the vehicle through which that tension is explored with particular richness. The verdant subject matter carries associations of abundance and growth, yet the steel support is industrial and unyielding, creating a productive friction between the organic and the manufactured. This interplay is central to Wilson's broader project of complicating how photographic images are experienced, moving them beyond documentation into something materially autonomous. Signed and offered through Galerie Christophe Gaillard, the work arrives without a frame, a deliberate condition that honors its nature as a sculptural object rather than a wall piece in any conventional sense. It suits collectors drawn to work that bridges photography, sculpture, and material experimentation, and sits comfortably within collections that engage with artists expanding the formal possibilities of lens-based practice.

Medium
UV prints on steel
Dimensions
overall: 106.5 x 78 x 32 cm
Year
2021
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
Galerie Christophe Gaillard, Paris

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