Vereja
An elaborate cast of covertly knitted, imaginary forest-dwelling characters exist in Vereja’s garments alongside more anatomical symbols of the natural world, like dragonflies, birds, and stars.
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Editor’s Pick: Marc Kokopeli
For his exhibition die Pampertaarten, New York artist Marc Kokopeli takes up a popular craft practice known as “diaper cakes.” Diaper cake ideas use baby diapers to fabricate fanciful, themed objects, which are then offered as gifts at baby showers and gender reveal parties.
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The Oohs and Aahs of Placebos
Since placebo effects seem to appear most often in conditions characterized as “psychosomatic,” they collapse the dualism of body and mind that medicine relies on so fundamentally.
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Editor’s Pick: Natalia González Martín
Bringing together ancient and contemporary worlds, mythic stories with popular culture and subtle imprints of her own personal experience, A change (would do you good) is a solo exhibition of new works by Natalia González Martín that present the enduring power and symbolism of mythology.
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VeniceW
Venice Wanakornkul is among the herd of emerging designers going against the traditional and outdated systems of the fashion schedule and mass-production, while still creating longevity and community around her one-of-a-kind pieces.
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God-Pilled
Greta Rainbow on the phenomenon of artists pronouncing their love for the lord.
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The Future Isn’t What It Used To Be
High-design, “good taste” spaces are jarred by what is arguably their aesthetic antithesis—fantasy art. There’s an Ork in your Eames lounge chair, corrupting the seductive austerity of the moment, the minimalist fantasy of today’s most discerning consumer.
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Jessica Butler & Isabella Kressin’s Mirror To Forget
These are deep teen dreams of outdoor spaces, creatures and naked branches, thrashing and caressing; menacing but not nightmarish, premonitions “inciting a passion for the possible”
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Francesca Facciola’s One Trick Pony
I think everyone at one point has shared a dream with someone else.
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Narumi Nekpenekpen’s Angels with Dirty Faces
Breaking the mould of what we’ve come to expect from slab porcelain, far from a demure vase or an oat-colored dish, removed from any familiar hand-building process, Narumi Nekpenekpen’s sculptures look like if Bratz dolls had their genes scrambled with your morning coffee mug.
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Julius Hofmann’s Brick & Mortar
Glassy facades of distant skyscrapers under a dismal sky of muscular smog.
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Maggie Dunlap
Indulging her taste for taboo, Dunlap aims to explore her obsessions, breathing life into her darkest interests.
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Review: The Opioid Crisis Lookbook
In the second issue of the magazine, an ad for Codependents Anonymous is followed by a sardonic editorial featuring Magic: The Addiction, a fictional card gamewith characters like “Nod the Comedown Clown” and “Lord Overdose.”
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Stanislava Kovalcikova’s Imaga
Beady eyes peer out from grimy, disintegrating darkness in Stanislava Kovalcikova’s Imaga.
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Brittany Shepherd’s Waltz of the Mired
Shepherd’s paintings suggest an indirect eroticism, something our libidinal instinct recognizes as erogenous: a sticky substance; something clean made dirty.
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Conor Murgatroyd’s Relation
Murgatroyd imbues his reportage with tangible undercurrents of hope and gratitude. Looking at his paintings you sense the kindness of strangers and their dogs, the impossibility of flowers, the importance of simple tasks that keep time.
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Julian Yi-Zhong Hou’s Country Balance
Julian Yi-Zhong Hou uses Tiffany-style glass, mirrors, jade, and quartz, soldering them into near-symmetrical compositions that reference symbols from ancient and contemporary Chinese culture.
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Interview with Oscar Yi Hou
“My poetry involves flight or birds – there’s a promise of freedom and boundlessness.”
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