Laura Letinsky: To Say It Isn’t So

To Say It Isn’t So is an exhibition of new large-scale photographs by Chicago-based artist Laura Letinsky. Letinsky’s new work marks a return to the still life, but now she has moved from her own domestic space to that of the studio, making meticulously composed and exquisitely lit pictures of everyday detritus. Utilizing discarded styrofoam cups, paper napkins, plastic cutlery, paper plates, crushed cans and paper bags, Letinsky conflates the timeless beauty of the classical still life with the chaotic banality of contemporary consumer culture.