Welcome to After the Art’s twenty-fifth issue.
We hope you enjoy these four essays:
“Perspective” by Matthew E. Henry
“The Persistence of Memory” by Kristina Moriconi
“Grandeur and Splendor” by Kimmo Rosenthal
“There is No Dreaming Here” by Liv Albright
Continue reading “After the Art — Issue 25 — September 2024”
by Matthew E. Henry
In her book Get the Picture, journalist Biana Bosker argues that, among their many obsessions, too many in the art world are invested in finding subtle ways to “Keep out the schmoes.” She would know. Continue reading “Perspective”
by Kristina Moriconi
I do not recall where or how I first discovered Adam Shaw’s paintings and sculptures. But I know it was his painting Harbor Dawn I was drawn to first. Continue reading “The Persistence of Mystery”
by Kimmo Rosenthal
Connections between the artistic goals of poetry and painting have a long history.
by Liv Albright
I look in the mirror. My chin shrugs. The left corner of my mouth twists into a smirk. An eyelid snaps shut. I look down at white ceramic, so I don’t have to watch my face move against my will, a side effect of Risperdal. Tardive dyskinesia. Continue reading “There is No Dreaming Here”
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