Welcome to After the Art’s twenty-second issue.
We hope you enjoy these three essays:
“Beautiful Thinking” by Lucille Lorenz
“L’Origine” by Linda Lappin
“Violent, Dark Revolts of Being” by Wes Jamison
After the Art – Issue 22 – December 2023
After the Art – Issue 21 – September 2023
Welcome to After the Art’s twenty-first issue.
We hope you enjoy these four essays:
“Dogs of Arizona, Snakes of Isidore” by Caitlin Horrocks
“The Weeping Women” by Esther Fishman
“Enigma in the Sun” by Kimmo Rosenthal
“Entrepot” by Paul Smith
Continue reading “After the Art – Issue 21 – September 2023”
Dogs of Arizona, Snakes of Isidore
by Caitlin Horrocks
Fifteen years ago, I wandered in to the first American exhibition of paintings by artist Oscar Oiwa. I used to walk periodically through the Arizona State University Art Museum in much the same way I liked to walk through the life sciences building with terrariums embedded in the walls showcasing native snake species: I was a graduate student in writing, and hungry for visual input of any kind that was not a computer screen or a printed page, the inside of a classroom, or the endless taupe streetscapes of Phoenix and Tempe. Continue reading “Dogs of Arizona, Snakes of Isidore”
Enigma in the Sun
by Kimmo Rosenthal
The Australian author Gerald Murnane has a fascinating description of reading: “The truth of … reading is … the self-evident fact that there is no reader nor subject-matter, only images and feelings in a sort of eternity.” Continue reading “Enigma in the Sun”
After the Art – Issue 20 – June 2023
Welcome to After the Art’s twentieth issue.
We hope you enjoy these four essays:
“All That is Light and Air” by Cheryl Sadowski
“Venetian Red and other Fates” by Dian Parker
“The Langlois Bridge at Arles: Love, Life, and Death in the South of France” by Ashley Elizabeth Trotter
“Wild Birds and the Primacy of Place” by Jesse Curran
We’ve also started a Facebook page, which you can follow for posts about future issues as well as exhibits, articles, books, essays, and sites that might be of interest. Continue reading “After the Art – Issue 20 – June 2023”
After the Art – Issue 19 – March 2023
Welcome to After the Art’s nineteeth issue.
We hope you enjoy these two essays:
“Once Upon An Alternate World” by Christy Dena
“The Numinous Amaryllis” by Erin Lyndal Martin
We’ve also started a Facebook page, which you can follow for posts about future issues as well as exhibits, articles, books, essays, and sites that might be of interest. Continue reading “After the Art – Issue 19 – March 2023”
After the Art – Issue 18 – December 2022
Welcome to After the Art’s eighteenth issue.
We hope you enjoy these three essays:
“The Bechers at the Met” by Scott Schomburg
“Counsel to the Wise” by Teresa H. Janssen
“There Are No Words” by Dana Delibovi
We’ve also started a Facebook page, which you can follow for posts about future issues as well as exhibits, articles, books, essays, and sites that might be of interest. Continue reading “After the Art – Issue 18 – December 2022”
The Bechers at the Met
by Scott Schomburg
Seen from a distance, two small figures stand side by side in the shadow of a tree, co-constructing a view. Continue reading “The Bechers at the Met”
After the Art — Issue 17 — September 2022
Welcome to After the Art’s seventeenth issue.
We hope you enjoy these three essays:
“Tigers” by Amy Bowers
“Joy in the Finding” by Stephen J. West
“Both Sides Now” by Emily Pulfer-Terino
We’ve also started a Facebook page, which you can follow for posts about future issues as well as exhibits, articles, books, essays, and sites that might be of interest. Continue reading “After the Art — Issue 17 — September 2022”
After the Art — Issue 16 — June 2022
Welcome to After the Art’s sixteenth issue.
We hope you enjoy these three essays:
“The Mechanics of Quilting” by Melissa J. Elbaum
“Interiors” by Kimmo Rosenthal
“Day 3 Madrid” by Adam Berlin
We’ve also started a Facebook page, which you can follow for posts about future issues as well as exhibits, articles, books, essays, and sites that might be of interest. Continue reading “After the Art — Issue 16 — June 2022”
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