Fashion, liberally understood, thus has a desirable ability to reveal, despite its ostensible function to cover. Often it does this so much more coherently than art does that fashion has to show up in Artforum or pull an artist onto the runway every once in awhile, just to give everyone a reality check. This issue attempts to provide precisely that insurance, by turning toward artists who put fashion in the service of inquiry, without compromising either. --Victoria Camblin, excerpt, Letter from the Editor TABLE OF CONTENTS: CORRESPONDENCE:Idle Weeds are Fast in GrowthRoe Ethridge and Victoria CamblinA photographer and an editor compare their practices to weeding; new photographs remind us to look down. YaloRun Textile Supply WorkshopSusan Cianciolo and Coulter FussellA Brooklyn artist and a Southern waitress-turned-quilter collaborate in Mississippi. Rallou Panagiotou:Modernism on the ShoreA tragedy, and a post-mortemStephanie BaileyA Greek artist's practice treats liquids as solids, and materials as ideas. Concrete UtopiaCaia HagelHarald Gründl, co-curator of the 2015 Vienna Biennale's 2051: Smart Life in the City, explains an ambition to redefine citizenship through design. All-Star CastCentre For StyleA contemporary fashion exhibition space, store, and publication based in Melbourne expands the field of art-makingÑthis time, with an advertorial. The Painting of the van Veldes,or the World and the TrouserJonathan Bouknight (photography & styling)John Swisher (text)An artist explores the form of the fashion editorial, divested of its bling; an "uncut" Samuel Beckett essay, translated from the French, surveys the fabric of art criticism. ART PAPERS: Scenes Deferred Dirty (South) DancingDaniel FullerNexus Contemporary Art Center had a "new building" gala; a critic reports. ReviewsMad Max: Fury RoadGeorge Miller, Warner Bros. PicturesNathan Lee Maggie Nelson: The ArgonautsGraywolf PressKatie Geha Chika Okeke-Agulu: Postcolonial ModernismArt and Decolonization in Twentieth-Century Nigeria Duke University Press Carol Thompson Norman J. Girardot: Envisioning Howard FinsterThe Religion and Art of a Stranger from Another WorldUniversity of California PressJerry Cullum Larry Jens Andersonat Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta Sally Hansell Sprawl! Drawing Outside the Linesat High Museum of Art, Atlanta Dan Weiskopf The Second Lowennialat The Low Museum of Contemporary Culture, AtlantaRaven Schley Tamara Henderson + Julia Feyrer: Consider the Belvedereat Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia Edward Epstein GlassBook Project: Provisionsat The Gateway Project, Newark, NJ Cat Dawson Noah Purifoy: Junk Dadaat Los Angeles County Museum of Art Wendy Koenig The Welfare Stateat Museum of Modern Art, Antwerp, Belgium Stephanie Bailey :mentalKLINIK: 83% SatisfactionGuaranteedat Louise Alexander Gallery, Porto Cervo, Italy Caia Hagel
