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Out now, Margaryta Golovchenko reviews artist Jana Sterbak’s retrospective: “The flank steak from which [Vanitas] was stitched shone in the gallery light and reflected such a soft sheen that it recalled a satin nightgown eagerly awaiting to be put on…” asapjournal.com/review/jana-st…

As our final post in celebration of this cluster, we extend our deepest gratitude to all of the contributors and especially for the amazing work of Tyler Tennant in production and artistry and Michael Dango in brilliant editorial. Many thanks @ASAP_Journal!

“Taken together,” this cluster “suggest[s] that artistic representation can reveal what is hidden. In the case of abortion—often illegal, shameful, known more through whisper networks than official archives—so much is concealed.” Read: asapjournal.com/node/from-the-… @ASAP_Journal @jmss

“What would our resistance look like if we thought more about aesthetics? What new kinds of resistance might emerge if aesthetics were central to our conceptualization of reproductive resistance?” Read: asapjournal.com/node/from-the-… @ASAP_Journal @jmss

"Beyoncé’s version of motherhood—one that draws from cultural history, responds to the present, and looks toward the future—represents a version that is needed during this time of great reproductive restriction..." Read: asapjournal.com/node/house-mot… @fridasmamita @ASAP_Journal @jmss

"Ming Fay’s posthumous presence is not memorial but mutation, a continuation of life in materials that refuse stillness." Read @jin_jin166949 on Ming Fay, The Campus, papier-mâché skin, persistence and ruin, legacy and residue, sculpture, fruit, and more! asapjournal.com/review/the-win…

“There is, unfortunately, an unironic similarity to Happy the Elephant’s quest for freedom and the continued fight for bodily and reproductive autonomy of human beings..." Read: asapjournal.com/node/her-belov… @ASAP_Journal @jmss

“Those without access to power—to master discourse, whether because of race, gender, sexuality, economic status, nationality, religion, or other forms of identity that those with power seek to exclude—use code." Read: asapjournal.com/node/from-the-… @ASAP_Journal @jmss

“It is hard to describe abortion as a form of sexual freedom. Writing of art and abortion in 2009, when abortion was still legal across the country, Jennifer Doyle expressed this difficulty with eloquence...” Read: asapjournal.com/node/from-the-… @ASAP_Journal @jmss

"The enduring presence of the image of the Virgin Mary in art about abortion illuminates a crisis in representation." Read: asapjournal.com/node/from-the-… @ASAP_Journal @jmss

“Comstock’s network made regular headlines as they hounded those who aided and abetted bodily autonomy seekers. These laws limited discussions pertaining to bodily autonomy, which became tenuous at best and litigious at worst..." asapjournal.com/node/aiding-an…. @ASAP_Journal @jmss

"...alongside Milton’s descriptors, led me to ask questions about the biological function of the human uterus. And in that process, I discovered striking similarities between Milton’s warring chaos and a uterus during pregnancy." Read: asapjournal.com/node/from-the-… @ASAP_Journal @jmss

“In Ancient Rome, male doctors were summoned during childbirth only if labor proved difficult. Instead, it was midwives who played the literal and figurative role of a physical and emotional support in childbirth...” Read: asapjournal.com/node/from-the-… @ASAP_Journal @jmss

“Painter Paula Rego is often called a remarkable storyteller as her work is deeply ingrained with narrative—sometimes personal, entangled with family & childhood memories, individual politics, experiences, feelings & emotions.” Read: asapjournal.com/node/embodimen… @ASAP_Journal @jmss

“Sontag’s description of the fascist seduction as a process of “purification” that transformed “sexual energy into ‘spiritual force’ for the benefit of the community” aligns with the self-described pro-life movement in America.” Read: asapjournal.com/node/from-the-… @ASAP_Journal @jmss

Three years in the making, this cluster is out in the world!

"Taken together," this cluster "suggest[s] that artistic representation can reveal what is often hidden. In the case of abortion—often illegal, often shameful, at times known more through whisper networks than official archives—so much is concealed." asapjournal.com/node/from-the-…

"What would our resistance look like if we thought more about aesthetics? What new kinds of resistance might emerge if aesthetics were central to our conceptualization of reproductive resistance?" asapjournal.com/node/from-the-…

//a very special february cluster// FROM THE GAPS: ART, LITERATURE, & ABORTION Eds. Leila Easa & Jennifer Stager &&Feat. A Morehead E Legge J Gosse M Oliveira A Graham L Perry J M Nader M Saunders C Schopp B Wright S Cannon C Thomsen M Fissell asapjournal.com/cluster/from-t…