Ah, the power (and performative pleasure) of wigs. As Lauren Moya Ford reminds us, throughout history
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Ah, the power (and performative pleasure) of wigs. As Lauren Moya Ford reminds us, throughout history wigs have been “tools for gender bending, seduction, and disguise. So why not write a book about them?” Check out her take on Luigi Amara’s fanciful new text below.
Meanwhile, Andrea Gyrody perused Amy Sillman’s newest collection of essays, which won us over for its ability to poke fun at art history’s pomp and pretension.
Also worth checking out is this excerpt of Golem Girl, a memoir by artist and curator Riva Lehrer, which recounts her own process of unlearning the ableist shame often foisted on people with disabilities.
– Dessane Lopez Cassell, Editor, Reviews
Why a Disabled Artist Collective Was What I Needed All Along
The Silly, Sexy, and Serious Wigs That Made History
Poking Fun at Art History, Amy Sillman Makes a Case for Awkwardness
Only Poetry Can Interrogate Sex
Poems of Spiritual Quest and Musical Yearning
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