The February / March issue of Aesthetica has landed. This edition is dedicated to the movers and shakers. It’s about collective creative energy, and how resilience and collaboration propel us forward. These artists teach us that the most profound breakthroughs are born not in isolation, but together. Here is a preview:
Evoking Atmosphere | Nature is the subject of choice for artist Sandra Bartocha, whose images traverse sun-dappled forests and meadows filled with rich plant life.
Visual Memory | People and landscapes blend into each another in Stephanie O’Connor’s rich body of work, which examines themes of imagination and belonging.
Science Captured | Greg White cites Berenice Abbott as inspiration for the Base Quantities still life series, visualising everything from electricity to mass and length.
Study in Geometry | Martin Levêque is deeply influenced by the long history of modernist photography, building crisp, colourful sculptures out of cardboard and metal.
Personal Storytelling | The colour blue has long been associated with melancholy and sadness. Heather Evans Smith explores this feeling in a series of photographs.
Future Constructs | The enduring legacy of Aleksandra Kasuba, the late Lithuanian installation art pioneer, is examined by a major retrospective in France.
Sensory Experience | In Atlanta, world-leading Japanese creative Ryoji Ikeda is making large sets of data visible through his multilayered and audiovisual art experiences.
Pictures of Renewal | Brazilian photographer Gleeson Paulino, who is a part of this year’s PhotoVogue Festival, discusses what drives his innovation and creativity forwards.
Natural Immersion | Tamara Dean’s flower-drenched images remind us that humans are neither separated from, nor superior to, the environment that surrounds us.
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Image Credits:
1. Tamara Dean, Elephant Ear (Alocasia odora) in Autumn From the series In Our Nature (2017).
2. Lace, (2023). Image courtesy Sandra Bartocha.
3. Stephanie O’Connor, from Never Tire of Looking at the Stars (2024). Courtesy of artist.
4. Stephanie O’Connor, from Never Tire of Looking at the Stars (2024). Courtesy of artist.
5. Greg White, Mass, from Base Quantities (2020).
6. Martin Levêque, Archipel 3, (2019) Image courtesy of artist. Made in collaboration with Fernando Etulain.
7. Martin Levêque, Archipel 6, (2019) Image courtesy of artist. Made in collaboration with Fernando Etulain.
8. Heather Evans Smith, Paint it Blue (2021). Courtesy of artist.
9. Aleksandra Kasuba, Imagining the Future at Carré d’Art. Photo © Cédrick Eymenier.
10. Aleksandra Kasuba, Imagining the Future at Carré d’Art. Photo © Cédrick Eymenier.
12. test pattern [100m version], audiovisual installation (2013) © Ryoji Ikeda. Photo by Wonge Bergmann. Courtesy of Ruhrtriennale 2013.
13. Gleeson Paulino, Untitled, Manaus, AM, Brazil. From Brasa (2019).
14. Gleeson Paulino, Dawn, Rio Negro, AM, Brazil. From Batismo (2019).
15. Tamara Dean, Tumbling through the treetops. From the series High Jinks in the Hydrangeas, (2020).
