The New Issue of Aesthetica is Here

Our Latest Print Edition | The Art of Storytelling     Art is about storytelling, and we all tell stories. There are the stories we tell about ourselves and the ones we tell about each other. How the present is retold is subjective, and no one person experiences it in the same way. This issue is dedicated to weaving narratives. Here is a preview: On The Cover | Photography duo Elsa Parra and Johanna Benaïnous blur the distinctions between the photographer and subject in character portraits that reconstruct family memories.   The Future Reimagined | David Uzochukwu's portraits reflect human identities. He is amongst 75 artists invited to examine complex Afrodiasporic experiences at Rencontres de Bamako.   Seamless Horizons | Alexis Pichot's ethereal, fog-engulfed archipelagos provide a moment of reflection amidst today's  constant influx of digital news, images and information.   Into the Small Hours | Henri Prestes investigates the calm yet ominous presence of twilight in remote mountains and villages, producing cinematic and considered landscapes.   Radical New Ground | Tyler Mitchell continues to push the boundaries of fashion photography. His visions of Black utopia provide everyday moments of beauty and contemplation.   Visualising the Algorithm | Mónica Alcázar-Duarte exposes the derogatory stereotypes Mexican women are subjected to in real-world and online spaces in the series Second Nature.     World of Imagination | Confetti soup. Soap soup. Cloud soup. Rain soup. Miguel Vallinas Prieto's surreal compositions transform ordinary table settings into something magical.   Immersive Landscapes | Darkness is a constant presence in Liam Wong's neon-noir photographs, which expose the quiet solitude of global nightlife and question boundaries of reality.   Surrealist Assemblage | Priscilla Ong uses assemblage in bold, colourful and often humorous displays of inanimate items, crafting narratives from mundane, everyday materials.     Composed Minimalism | Swimming pool geometry translates into desolate environments that reflect human experiences in the work of acclaimed Slovak photographer Mária Švarbová.     Click here to shop the issue »           Image Credits: Elsa & Johanna, Fire (detail). From The Timeless Story of Moormerland (2021). David Uzochukwu, Wildfire (2015). David Uzochukwu, Shoulder (2019). From the series Mare Monstrum/Drown In My Magic. Image courtesy Alexis Pichot. From the series Insula (2021-2022). Image courtesy Henri Prestes. From Velvet Fields (2021). Image courtesy Henri Prested. From Beyond the Edge of the World (2022). Tyler Mitchell, Untitled (Stilts II) (2019). © Tyler Mitchell. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. Elsa & Johanna, Somewhere in Moormerland (detail). From The Timeless Story of Moormerland (2021). Elsa & Johanna, The Sound of The Belltower (detail). From The Timeless Story of Moormerland (2021). Mónica Alcázar-Duarte, Insect. From Second Nature, (2019-ongoing). Miguel Vallinas Prieto, Suppen No. 22 – Seifensuppe (2019). Miguel Vallinas Prieto, Suppen No. 1 – Eiersuppe (2019). Liam Wong, After Dark, Quarry Bay, 03:22:25 (detail). From After Dark (2022) Thames & Hudson. © Liam Wong Priscilla Ong, Razor Hands If You’re Amaized (2021). Priscilla Ong, Say Cheese! (2020). Mária Švarbová, Blue (detail) (2019). From Lost in the Valley.

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