Works by this artist will be on view beginning August 23, 2013.

For her series Riffs on Real Time, Hewitt repurposed domestic and personal objects such as family snapshots, books, magazines, and handwritten letters to create still lifes that intertwine personal and historical narratives. Although at first glance it appears as if Hewitt came across the arrangements by chance, each one is meticulously composed, revealing a sculptural approach to image-making. Within each of the photographs, three overlapping frames are evident, comprising intimate snapshots, historical or everyday ephemera, and highly textured monochromatic backdrops. The play of meaning between the items in her photographs is sometimes deeply personal and other times more broadly political, often questioning the nostalgia that is evoked through family mementos and relics of the civil rights era.