We know it’s hard to reconcile with, but summer’s over, September’s here. On the plus side: so is SLEEK 59, and it’s brimming with exciting content to ease you into the autumn months. Here’s 7 reasons you need to get your hands on a copy — stat.
1. Martin Par & Hans Ulrich Obrist: two unexpected art world icons collide
Purveyor of British quintessence Martin Parr lenses art’s most prolific critic and London’s Serpentine director Hans Ulrich Obrist — we don’t want to blow our own trumpet, but did someone say history: made?
2. Micaiah Carter’s Christian upbringing unfolds in a fashion context
22-year-old photographer and New Yorker Micaiah Carter lenses a deeply personal menswear editorial, featuring exclusively black designers, and exploring the convictions of his Anglo Saxon Christian childhood.
3. Stoya’s frank analysis of sex and porn in 2018
The subversive adult actor takes a long hard look at a porn industry geared towards heterosexual male desire — and her plans to change it.
4. We get up close and personal with Y/Project’s creative director
An exclusive interview with one of fashion’s most cult-followed figures, Glenn Martens? Say no more.
5. Trump talk with the art world’s enfant terrible
The infamous art writer discusses the eerie parallels between the political situation in the ’80s and today.
6. Real talk on the Brexit debacle
It seems the UK has been loitering in limbo for-ever now, but as September rolls around and the conditions for exit are finally decided, we pick the brains of 5 artists and intellectuals to find out what the Brexit means to them.
7. “Glittering faggotry” in the performance of a lifetime
Instagram sensation, performer and muse Richie Shazam teams up once again with artist Garrett Nelson to deliver exclusive performance-cum-intervention realness for SLEEK.