Very often today we speak of transdisciplinary or multidisciplinary productions, usually in reference to artistic practices that draw from a range of outside disciplines or creative realms. In this fall issue, titled
CODED SURFACES,
Flash Art looks at how artists navigate and draw upon the creative industry known as "fashion"—what it represents, its materiality, and the literal and figurative tools it can offer.
Behind this notion of transdisciplinarity, and the high-soundingness of the term, there is an actual need to convey a message—a message that may be obscured the stylistic or procedural baggage of other creative fields. Fashion today seems much more able to externalize concepts that in art somehow remain unspoken, coded behind the surface of the image. Fashion also seems to understand art in all its formal manifestations; indeed, the former often makes use of the tools and methodologies of the latter, articulating unanticipated criticalities in the process.
In this issue:
Living in a Material World. Tenant of Culture in Conversation with Philomena Epps;
Self-Conception in the Making. Tarik Kiswanson in Conversation with Eleonora Milani;
Counter-stances and refusal. Deborah-Joyce Holman in Conversation with Cédric Fauq;
Nightlife, Glamour, Art. Visual essay by DeSe Escobar; Profile.
Bernadette Corporation: Scaling Friendship by Charlie Robin Jones;
Full-Circle Horror. James Bantone in Conversation with Olamiju Fajemisin; SEMIOFUCK
Episode I Droning by Armature Globale;
In the Mood for Muck. Geo Wyex in Conversation with Isabel Parkes; Letter from the City.
The Last of Us Tell by Vidisha-Fadescha;
A Whirlwind of Connections. Lafawndah in Conversation with Jazmina Figueroa;
Plants in a Garden, Tended by Machines. Nora N. Khan in Conversation with
Andrea Bellini; One to Watch.
Inventing Male Archetypes that Privilege Softness and Introspection: Devan Shimoyama by Jane Ursula Harris; Questionnaire.
Two Kinds of Knowledge Shaking Hands: A Conversation About You Can't Trust Music by Julieta Aranda and Xenia Benivolski; Critic Dispatch: Documenta 15.
Is Art Rooted in Life? Documenta, Now by Frank Wasser.
Flash Art is a contemporary art and culture magazine (and a
publishing platform) founded in 1967. Within a decade, it became an indispensable point of reference for artists, critics, collectors, galleries, and institutions. In 2020,
Flash Art became a quarterly publication, at the same time increasing its trim size and updating its graphic identity. The magazine offers a fresh perspective on the visual arts, covering a range of transdisciplinary approaches and fostering in-depth analyses of artist practices and new cultural directions. Today,
Flash Art remains required reading for all who navigate the international art scene.
Flash Art is known for it covers featuring artists who subsequently become leading figures in the art world. The magazine includes photoshoots, productions, critical essays, monographic profiles, conversations with emerging and established artists, and a range of ongoing and thematic columns that change every few years. The long history of the magazine is also highlighted by pivotal texts from the archive that are included in the publication time to time. Finally, every issue offers a highly curated selection of the best institutional exhibitions on the global scene.
See also
Flash Art Volumes.
