Ursula: Issue 13
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Ursula Issue 13 is centered around a special section that gathers voices from a wide range of artists about sustainability and the environment. The section is anchored by Charles Gaines, who writes about the special difficulties of environmental advocacy within the art world. The artist Ross Simonini contributes a powerful essay about personal loss in the wake of the Los Angeles wildfires. Our cover story features British artist Sonia Boyce, who sits down with us to talk about the social, political and ethereal qualities of wallpaper, a touchstone of her work. The issue also includes a look at the work of cult Japanese architect of Tōgo Murano; new poetry by Peter Gizzi; debut fiction by Margaux Williamson; Angel Otero’s bulletin board and a close read of a bushy sculpture by Meret Oppenheim.
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Language
English
size
30.5 x 23 cm
Pages
130
Publication date
June 2025
From the Editor
“Art arises from the feeling and the knowledge that the line between a generative and a destructive reality is paper-thin.” — Gustav Metzger, 1996
The summer 2025 issue of Ursula revolves around a special section about sustainability as seen from the viewpoint of a diverse group of artists, writers and activists.
The section takes readers to Puerto Rico, where Daniel Lind-Ramos’s work is deeply rooted in the Caribbean mangrove ecosystem and the dangers threatening it; to Los Angeles, where Charles Gaines has long fused conceptual sculpture and information conveying the speed at which environmental damage is occurring; around the world to see the imagery of the international movement known as Solarpunk, which promotes the power of hopeful imagination in the face of increasing climate threats. The section ends with a moving essay by the artist Ross Simonini, a longtime resident of Altadena, Calif., who lost his home and his neighborhood in the recent Los Angeles wildfires.
The issue’s cover story focuses on Dame Sonia Boyce’s creation of unique wallpaper designs — a striking example of which graces our cover — and the highly collaborative nature of her work, which she says connects her deeply to the world. “I always thought I was part of something bigger,” Boyce says. “And that I was a useful device for talking about those other things.”
— Randy Kennedy
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Featured in This Issue
What Pattern Can Do
A conversation with Sonia Boyce, the 2022 winner of the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale, about materials, inspirations—from Warhol to Willy Wonka—and the subtle power of wallpaper.
Testing Hypotheses
Judy Hecker on printmaking, experimental performance and the process of “thinking aloud” in the art of William Kentridge.
Another Consciousness
A special section: Artists on the environment. The section includes notes from Charles Gaines, whose work has long been concerned with the issues of climate change; an essay on the assemblages of Daniel Lind-Ramos and its roots in the endangered Caribbean mangrove ecosystem; a conversation about hopeful imagination with two members of the Solarpunk movement; a guide to sustainable construction materials created in collaboration with the Healthy Materials Lab at Parsons School of Design and an essay about immateriality and personal loss by artist Ross Simonini.
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