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wo artists, whose 
individual work 
spans both photos 
and three-dimensional 
pieces, are showing 
their projects together 
in the exhibit Shifting 
Frequencies, a presentation 
running through Dec. 16 
at Wasserman Projects in 
Detroit.
Beth Lipman and Laura 
Letinsky, in their first 
exhibition together and their 
first time showing at the 
Wasserman Projects, have 
admired each other’s skills 

and are glad to have their 
work presented in tandem.
“I’m just wild about Laura’s 
work,” Lipman said about 
the exhibit partnership. 
“I admired it for a long 
time. When Alison Wong 
at Wasserman’s asked me 
if I would be interested in 
having a two-person exhibit 
with Laura, I was really 
thrilled. I think the work has 
a great relationship.”
Letinsky commented, “Our 
work is very different from 
one another, but there are 
various themes and overlap 
that tie the work together in 
a really interesting way.”
Lipman explained her 
approach to art.
“I work in a tradition 
of still life, and the 
compositions are primarily 
cultural objects, inanimate 
objects in some cases,” 
Lipman said. “They’re 
combined with some flora, 
and I’m constantly looking 
toward history to define the 
present moment. 
“Some of the work uses 
imagined, prehistoric flora 
combined with cultural 
objects, things that we 
surround ourselves with. 
There’s a tablecloth. There 
are plates. There’s a scale 

Wasserman Projects pairs two 
artists who never paired before 
with differing styles that overlap.

Shifting 
Frequencies

SUZANNE CHESSLER CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Laura 
Letinsky

“Untitled #14” from the 
series Who Love The Sun 
(2022), an archival ink 
print, Laura Letinsky

