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Issue 19 – February 2021

Mixed media. A red silhouette of a costume seems drawn in thread against a black background. The hood has three tall lobes. Tiny red crosses and a few sculptures hang all over the costume. A silvery grey object with a blade-like form above a circle is to the left. — Victor Ehikhamenor, The Day Oba Esigie was Baptised (dithered detail), 2019, rosary beads, bronze statuettes, and diamante fabric on lace, 89 × 68 in. Digital image courtesy of Victor Ehikhamenor (all rights reserved).

ARTICLE

Millais’s Metapicture

By Mark A. Cheetham

ARTICLE

John McHale, Marshall McLuhan, and the Collage “Ikon”

By Rachel Stratton

ARTICLE

Spratt’s Flaps

By Rebecca Whiteley

CONVERSATION PIECE

Necrography

Convened by Dan Hicks

ARTIST COLLABORATION

Royal Religion Series

By Victor Ehikhamenor