BLAU INTERNATIONAL No. 5, Joan Semmel cover

Early feminist painter Joan Semmel spent decades under the radar, but she was always ahead of the curve. Objectifying no one but herself, her carnal, confronting nudes have found a new resonance today, opening the doors to the artist’s first ever, and long overdue, retrospective, soon to grace the galleries of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

Other cover highlights include an oral history of David Hammons, narrated by close friends, lettered critics, and major curators; Glenn Lowry recalling his life-defining epiphany brought about by Islamic miniatures; Lu Yang’s use of the avatar to destroy narcissistic single-mindedness; and the re-emergence of the indefatigable Matthew Barney.  

English language; 23.3 x 28.0 cm (paperback); 220 pages (color illustrations)