Aperture 244: COSMOLOGIES mermaid carving away the colored glaze

carving away the colored glaze to reveal the porcelain clay underneath

as well interviews with authors and scholars such as Madeline Miller and Juliet Diaz

"Follow along as an inquisitive little girl on a camping trip explores and discovers the wonders of nature

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Aperture 244: COSMOLOGIES mermaid carving away the colored glazeThis fall, Aperture magazine presents an issue exploring the idea of cosmologiesthe origins, histories, and local universes that artists create for themselves. In an exclusive interview, Greg Tate speaks to Deana Lawson about how her monumental staged portraits trace cosmologies of the African diaspora. What Im doing integrates mythology, religion, empirical data, dreams, says Lawson, whose work is the subject of major solo exhibitions this year at