May / June 2017 Issue
“Rust”
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Rust, Decay and Decomposition: Four Artists to Teach With
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Rust, Decay and Decomposition: Four Artists to Teach With
Art21 Senior Education Advisor Joe Fusaro shares four artists who use rust and decay to tell stories, illuminate histories, and prompt us to think about beauty in new ways.
Looking at Los Angeles
All Objects Are Slippery: Excavations in Santa Barbara County
Looking at Los Angeles
All Objects Are Slippery: Excavations in Santa Barbara County
Morgan Green considers the misleading permanence of objects through an artist project that excavated the remains of the 1923 film “The Ten Commandments.”
New Kids on the Block
Mohamad Hafez’s Complex Models of Syrian Devastation
New Kids on the Block
Mohamad Hafez’s Complex Models of Syrian Devastation
Mohamad Hafez creates elaborate models of annihilated streetscapes and ruined buildings, replicating the devastation of the war in Syria, where he was born.
Letter from the Editor
Rust in Detroit: Ingenuity, Process, and Natural Order
Letter from the Editor
Rust in Detroit: Ingenuity, Process, and Natural Order
Art21 Magazine’s first co-guest editors, curators Laura Mott and Taylor Renee Aldridge, introduce the issue’s theme: “Rust,” and its complicated relationship to the city of Detroit.
