Lance Letscher

An established American artist with a growing international reputation, Lance Letscher transforms found paper into works of art that are mysteriously evocative, often playful and graphically beautiful. Letscher precisely cuts and recombines scraps of old books and letters, children's school exercises, recipes, album covers and other ephemera into motifs that suggest forms abstract and representational. In these collages, which vary from small works on paper to elaborate constructions as large as nine by fourteen feet, Letscher emerges as a skilled colourist and abstractionist who allows blocks of color and fragments of phrases to open up intriguing avenues of memory and association. Lance Letscher: Collage is the first full-length monograph on this important artist. It presents a catalog of 118 works dating from 2001 to 2008, accompanied by essays that explore Letscher's artistic development and place in contemporary art. Charles Dee Mitchell, a well-known critic and arts writer, recounts the artist's journey from academically trained improvisational sculptor to creator of collages using found materials. Brooke Davis Anderson traces Letscher's fruitful connections with prominent Outsider and self-taught artists, including James Castle, Martin Ramirez, Adolf Wolfli, and the quilters of Gee's Bend.

ISBN 0292723954   DEWEY edition DC22 ISBN13 9780292723955 (What's this?)   Pages 224 Publisher University of Texas Press   Weight (grammes) 1956 Imprint University of Texas Press   Published in Austin, TX Format Hardback   Height (mm) 305 Publication date 31 Dec 2010   Width (mm) 229 Writer of introduction Charles Dee Mitchell   Spine width (mm) 32 DEWEY 709.2   Academic level General

Introduction, Charles Dee Mitchell; Lessons from the Intuitives, Brooke Davis Anderson;; Plates; List of Plates; Solo Exhibitions; Group Exhibitions; Selected Public Collections; Selected Articles and Reviews; Acknowledgments; Index

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