Title: Glen Gauthier | 'Letter To My 5 Year Old Self' | Archival Print

 

Description: Glen Gauthier - 'Letter to my 5 year old self'

Letter to My 5-Year-Old Self is a vibrant, nostalgia-filled collage celebrating childhood memories, imagination and the enduring fascination with movement and adventure.
Inspired by the artist's upbringing in South Louisiana, the work incorporates a deeply personal piece of family history. Its background is formed from vintage insurance ledgers belonging to Gauthier's late aunt, Inez, whose agency employed him and his cousins as childhood janitors. The handwritten records contain names of people from his hometown, preserving fragments of a community and a bygone era.
Across this personal backdrop, an energetic collection of vintage cars, aeroplanes and trains appears suspended in motion. Sourced from mid-century American publications including Life, The Saturday Evening Post and Look, the imagery evokes the excitement, optimism and curiosity of childhood.
Playful yet deeply personal, the composition brings together family history, American popular culture and the imaginative freedom of youth.
Artist Name: Glen Gauthier
Artwork Title: Letter to my 5 year old self
Year Created: 2020
Medium: The original piece is hand-cut collage on cradled panel
Height (cm): 92
Width (cm): 183
Framed?: Yes
Signed?: Yes
Rarity: Professionally scanned archival print
Certificate of Authenticity: Yes
Location: Chicago, IL, USA
Shipping Information: Shipped in a reinforced cardboard tube from the U.S.
Provenance / Notable Placement: The original artwork is held at the Mercedes-Benz Financial office in Fort Worth, Texas.
Glen Gauthier is a Chicago-based contemporary mixed-media artist whose intricate collages explore the intersection of memory, geometry and emotion.

Working with fragments of vintage magazines, books, photographs and printed ephemera, Gauthier transforms forgotten materials into layered compositions where past and present collide. His work combines bold geometric forms with unexpected imagery, creating dreamlike visual narratives that invite curiosity and interpretation.

Gauthier has exhibited across the United States, including at Saatchi Art's The Other Art Fair in New York and Dallas, the Evanston Art Center Biennial, and galleries in Chicago, New York and Texas. His work has also been featured in Create! Magazine, Contemporary Collage Magazine and Newcity Magazine.

 

Condition: New

 

Delivery/collection options: this lot is available for collection in person or delivery via courier

 

Location: PE1

 

Category: Art