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EssayVol. 10 Radical Futures

"Fires Fires" is a personal essay by Caitlin Lorraine Johnson about the effect of global uncertainty on the small scale of a life.

Caitlin Lorraine Johnson • September 06, 2024

EssayVol. 10 Radical Futures

In Southwest Contemporary Vol. 10: Radical Futures, curator and conceptual artist Ian Breidenbach ruminates on creative agency and utopian praxis as the guest juror for this issue.

Ian Breidenbach • September 06, 2024

EssayTexasVol. 10 Radical Futures

Jon Revett compares and contrasts two monumental works of art, Amarillo Ramp and Cadillac Ranch, and discusses their possible futures.

Jon Revett • September 06, 2024

Living HistoriesSouthwest

Newly discovered letters revive a writer's quest to discern why two Taos-based modernist artists had an outsized impact on her family—but not art history.

Madeleine Boyson • August 23, 2024

DispatchCalifornia

The Bombay Beach Biennale along Southern California’s Salton Sea is an insurgent arts festival and ongoing ecological discourse.

Aleina Grace Edwards • April 23, 2024

Living HistoriesTexas

In this psychogeographic account, Emma S. Ahmad wanders the West End Historic District in downtown Dallas and considers how the various memorials reflect the shifting political landscape of the city.

Emma S. Ahmad • April 05, 2024

EssayUtahVol. 9 Living Histories

In this essay, nicholas b jacobsen braids together ongoing histories of Mormon and U.S. settler colonialism and genocide against Nuwu and Diné peoples at Pipe Spring National Monument and Lake Powell.

nicholas b jacobsen • March 01, 2024

FeatureTexasVol. 8 Medium + Support

JD Pluecker explores the artworks of five artists in the exhibition Soy de Tejas, looking at issues of home and belonging in Texas.

JD Pluecker • September 01, 2023

WritingsVol. 7 Finding Water in the West

Laura Neal reflects on her earliest memories of water and the profound presence water has for humanity as a whole.

Laura Neal • March 03, 2023