The Generational Issue
CURA. 38 “The Generational Issue” is the magazine’s first survey about artists’ portraits that aims to investigate some of the most meaningful protagonists of the new generation who, stressing the urgencies of current times, are shaping the landscape of the present and the future in contemporary art.
Meriem Bennani
Portrait by Myles Loftin
As Whitney Mallett and Robert McKenzie state in a conversation on the topic: “Artists tease out conflicts, subvert historical connotations, promote non-linear intimacies, question binary conceptions, facilitate cosmic healing, highlight the opaque nature of power, investigate the potentiality of new technologies, and abandon the vertical thought system of reason.”
Featuring over 40 new texts and conversations, mixed with an archive of reprinted essays, CURA. 38 is conceived under the art direction of Dan Solbach and presents seven brand new covers featuring artists’ photographic portraits commissioned for the occasion. Beyond any controversial categorization related to generational statements, “The Generational Issue” of CURA. is conceived as an exploration of the new now and—intended to recur biennially—presents itself as an essential and fundamental research item.
Contents
Tita Cicognani
Text by Cecily Chen
Joshua Citarella
Text by Mike Pepi
Tomaso de Luca
Text by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi
Evan Ifekoya
Text by Francesca Gavin
Agata Ingarden
Text by Samantha Ozer
Rindon Johnson
Text by Lisa Long
Lito Kattou
Text by Adriana Blidaru
Carolyn Lazard
Text by Geelia Ronkina
Lindsey Mendick
Text by Debbie Meniru
Tabita Rezare
Text by Lucia Pietroiusti
Augustas Serapinas
Text by Anders Kreuger
Diamond Stingily
Text by Diamond Sharp
Pol Taburet
Text by Martha Kirszenbaum
Frieda Toranzo Jaeger
Text by Natalia Sielewicz
Nora Turato
Text by Giulia Gregnanin
Dominique White
Text by Nicoletta Lambertucci
Mandy Harris Williams
Text by Rhea Dillon
Marina Xenofontos
Text by Giulia Colletti