The Body Issue
To begin the New Year, Border Crossings is publishing a BIG issue on the issue of THE BODY.
Cover Image: Steven Shearer, Potter, 2021, oil on linen, 159 x 82 cm. Image courtesy the artist, Galerie Eva Presenhuber and David Zwirner Gallery. Courtesy the artist.
Over its 40 year history, Border Crossings has presented artists who have engaged with the body as subject. Here are just a few:
Tracey Emin, I made you happen, 2019. From Volume 38#3. September 2019. Her and You: The Changing Language of Tracey Elon’s New Paintings.
Carolee Schneeman, Meat Joy, performance, 1964. From Volume 17#1. February 1998. The Articulate Body: Carolee Schneeman in Conversation.
Mika Rottenberg, still from Squeeze, 2010. From Volume 30#1. March 2011. Fetishizing the Visual: An Interview with Mika Rottenberg.
Evan Penny, Hanging Torso, 2016. From Volume 36#1. March 2017. The Body and Its Beautiful Damage.
Yoko Ono, filmstrip from No. 4, 1967. From Volume 13#1. January 1994. Instructions in the Marital Arts: A Conversation with Yoko Ono.
Karin Davie, Umm … No 1 and Umm … No 2, 1993. From Volume 24#3. August 2005. Subjective Abstractionists: The Painting of Karin Davie and Louise Belcourt.
Tschabalala Self, Ol’ Bay, 2019. From Volume 39#3. November 2020. The Song of Her Self: The Irrepressible Art of Tschabalala Self.
Ambera Wellmann, Portfolio, 2018. From Volume 37#1. March 2018. La Belle et La Bête.
Janine Antoni, Inhabit, 2009. From Volume 29#1. March 2010. The Beautiful Trap: Janine Antoni’s Body Art.
Lisa Yuskavage, Déjà Vu, 2017. From Volume 37#1. March 2018. Lisa Yuskavage: Musings of an Edge-of-Towner.
