Published by The Esopus Foundation Ltd., Spring 2014. Format: Perfect-bound magazine, 9 by 11.5 inches, 230 pages.
The 21st issue of Esopus included artists’ projects by Stephen Eichhorn, Penny McCarthy, Thomas Nozkowski, and Leslie Wayne; an essay on the conception and development of the design of the 9/11 Memorial by architect Michael Arad; three poems by Chantal Bizzini; a new installment of the Modern Artifacts series copresented with the Museum of Modern Art Archives featuring documents related to the never-published second issue of Possibilities (edited by Robert Motherwell and Harold Rosenberg); photographer Dennis Stock’s images of the 1954 world premiere of Judy Garland’s A Star is Born; the first installment of Early Works, a series presenting childhood works by well-known artists and writers, which reproduced pages from science-fiction novels written and illustrated by Oscar-winning filmmaker Kenneth Lonergan in grade school; selections from the late Austrian artist Otto Mühl’s sketchbook featuring drawings based on Cézanne paintings; and several perspectives on the African art collective Invisible Borders: an essay by Emmanuel Iduma accompanied by a photographic portfolio; and an audio compilation “mixtape” (available via digital download) of music and sounds curated by Emeka Okereke that related to the collective’s annual road trips.
Artist’s Project: Leslie Wayne
Submission #790532
By Michael Arad
September
Poem by Chantal Bizzini
Artist’s Project: Stephen Eichhorn
Modern Artifacts 14: Imagining Possibilities
Introduction by Michelle Elligott
Artist’s Project: Thomas Nozkowski
Analog Recovery 4: Starry Night
Photographs by Dennis Stock
The Disenchanted City
Poem by Chantal Bizzini
Art for Art’s Sake: Sketchbook by Otto Mühl
From the Getty Research Institute
Artist’s Project: Penny McCarthy
Into the Night
Poem by Chantal Bizzini
Early Works: Kenneth Lonergan
Interview with Kenneth Lonergan
Notes on Everyday Africa
Essay by Emmanuel Iduma
Esopus 21 Audio Comp: Trans-African Mix
Introduction by Emeka Okereke