LAURA LETINSKY

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venus inferred (1989-1996)

Untitled (Laura and Eric), Venus Inferred series, 1993
20″x 24″, Ed. 9 / 30″x 40″, Ed. 5
Archival Ink Print

Letinsky's photographs interrogate mainstream and historical representations of love and romance, exposing the social conventions that shape these supposedly intimate realms. Through large-scale, richly saturated color images, she reveals how the personal is inextricably bound to cultural constructs. Her compositions embrace darkness, chaos, and ambivalence, creating a concentrated visual language that challenges romantic idealization and reveals the complex tensions beneath conventional depictions of desire.

“Letinsky’s interest in the optimism of desire deshames and dedramatizes the sexual event, at the same time as the bigness of the images reflect on the huge internal dramas that produce it.”

—Lauren Berlant

Untitled (Francesca and Dov), Venus Inferred series, 1992
20″x 24″, Ed. 9 / 30″x 40″, Ed. 5
Archival Ink Print
Untitled (Laura and Eric — mermaid), Venus Inferred series, 1996
20″x 24″, Ed. 9 / 30″x 40″, Ed. 5
Archival Ink Print
Untitled (Laura and Eric — head), Venus Inferred series, 1995
20″x 24″, Ed. 9 / 30″x 40″, Ed. 5
Archival Ink Print
Untitled (Bev and Ivor — back), Venus Inferred series, 1991
20″x 24″, Ed. 9 / 30″x 40″, Ed. 5
Archival Ink Print
Untitled (Laura and Eric — eden), Venus Inferred series, 1995
20″x 24″, Ed. 9 / 30″x 40″, Ed. 5
Archival Ink Print
Untitled (Laura and Eric — jesus), Venus Inferred series, 1995
20″x 24″, Ed. 9 / 30″x 40″, Ed. 5
Archival Ink Print
Untitled (Rita and Blair — rubbing eyes), Venus Inferred series, 1996
20″x 24″, Ed. 9 / 30″x 40″, Ed. 5
Archival Ink Print
Untitled (Laura and Eric — dress), Venus Inferred series, 1995
20″x 24″, Ed. 9 / 30″x 40″, Ed. 5
Archival Ink Print
Untitled (Dawn and Scott — coitus), Venus Inferred series, 1994
20″x 24″, Ed. 9 / 30″x 40″, Ed. 5
Archival Ink