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Issue 08: Face to Face

Spring / Summer 2022

Issue 08 is a site for interrogating the conventions of portraiture and portrayal while celebrating the beauty of the habits, interactions, emotions, and ideas that make us human.

Release date: Saturday, May 21 at Best Bees. Entry free with purchase of the publication and for subscribers / supporters.

Cover image: Sheida Soleimani, Khooroos (rooster) named Manoocher, 2021. Archival pigment print. 60″ x 44″.

Table of Contents

Title

Author

Category

  • Letter from the Editor

    Jameson Johnson

    Letter

  • Curators’ Corner: From the Institutions

    Leah Triplett Harrington

    Feature

  • Mithsuca Berry & Rixy

    Jasper A. Sanchez

    Conversation

  • Ria Brodell & veronique d’entremont

    Olivia Deng

    Conversation

  • Napoleon Jones-Henderson & Chanel Thervil

    Dell Marie Hamilton

    Conversation

  • Colleen Kiely & Michael Zachary

    Leah Triplett Harrington

    Conversation

  • Anthony Peyton Young & L’Merchie Frazier

    Kéla Jackson

    Conversation

  • Wendy Jacob & Jeffrey Mansfield

    Gabriel Cira

    Conversation

  • Home Truths: Sheida Soleimani's Trenchant Tableaus

    Dr. Jordan Amirkhani

    Feature

  • Real Talk: The Stakes of Artist Spaces in Boston

    Anita Morson-Matra

    Critical Perspective

  • My Father & His Four Wives

    Hamzat Raheem

    Artist Project

  • The Prowess of Simone Leigh in Venice

    Jameson Johnson

    Review

  • Tracing a Legacy: Krzysztof Wodiczko at Harvard Art Museums and Druker Gallery

    Karolina Hać

    Review

  • Helina Metaferia Deconstructs What’s “All Put Together” at Praise Shadows Gallery

    Maya Rubio

    Review

  • Resilience and Regeneration: Maya Lin’s Maps and Architecture at Smith College

    Marcus Civin

    Review

  • Searching for Home in a Fractured Fairy Tale: Raida Adon’s Strangeness

    Jessica Shearer

    Review

  • Resistance Language: Lisa Anne Auerbach’s Twenty-Five Years of Wearing Her Thoughts on Her Sleeves

    Sara Farrell Okamura

    Review