{"id":3907,"date":"2019-05-08T00:00:39","date_gmt":"2019-05-08T04:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sequitur\/?p=3907"},"modified":"2022-05-20T09:58:52","modified_gmt":"2022-05-20T13:58:52","slug":"editors-introduction-5-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sequitur\/2019\/05\/08\/editors-introduction-5-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Editors’ Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mateo Romero, In and Around These Mountains<\/em>, 1999, oil on paper on canvas. Photo by Carol Fabricant.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This issue of SEQUITUR\u00a0<\/em>looks to boundaries, both physical and conceptual, to explore what it means to \u201c[cross] the line.\u201d Borders, as lines of containment or exclusion, intrinsically bring dichotomies to the forefront; their \u201ccrossing\u201d is often viewed as an act of transgression. The contributors for this issue explore the places where boundaries exist, the dualistic opposition their existence establishes, and how the \u201ccrossing [of these] lines\u201d can both be an act of deviancy and conjure new meanings. <\/span><\/p>\n

In the feature essay, Evan Fiveash Smith\u00a0<\/strong>explores the politics of transgender representation seen in Greer Lankton\u2019s relationship to her semi-autobiographical, ever-changing dolls. The dolls and mannequins that serve as the nexus of Lankton\u2019s work inhabit a nebulous space, between living subject and inanimate object. Between the restrictive, traditional binaries of gender, Lankton and her dolls provoke new ways of considering subjectivity.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Rebeka Sara Szigethy<\/span><\/strong>\u2019s visual essay questions how we define objects. Using photograms of stones, she dissolves the boundaries that surround the concept of \u201cobjectness.\u201d In the process of transforming a real-world object into a two-dimensional image, Szigethy questions how objects exist. Can they be read as subjects? And, can different strategies of visualization, such as the tactility of the photogram, help change our relationship to these objects?<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The interview between <\/span>Jonathas de Andradeand <\/span>Catarina de Ara\u00fajo\u00a0<\/strong>discusses how the Brazilian artist\u2019s work in installation, photography, and video crosses the borders of gender, class, race, and nation-state. The artist\u2019s work asks the viewer to situate themselves within the dialogue of \u201cus\u201d and the \u201cother.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Both of the exhibition reviews highlight the reunion of artwork and objects from across geographical boundaries. Jillianne Laceste\u00a0<\/strong>explores the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum\u2019s exhibition, Botticelli: Heroines + Heroes<\/em>, the centerpiece of which is the reunion of the master\u2019s sister paintings The Story of Lucretia\u00a0<\/em>and The Story of Virginia<\/em>. Bihter Esener\u00a0<\/strong>provides a detailed overview of the Metropoitan Museum of Art\u2019s Armenia!\u00a0<\/em>exhibition, which brought together objects from collections around the world in the first major exhibition on medieval Armenian art and culture in the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n

The two book reviews, Sara Stepp<\/strong>\u2019s on The Politics of Painting: Fascism and Japanese Art During the Second World War\u00a0<\/em>by Asato Ikeda and Amber Harper<\/strong>\u2019s on L\u2019Origine du monde: Vie du mod\u00e8le\u00a0<\/em>by Claude Schopp, focus on publications that question traditional scholarly arguments by reframing the contexts of artistic production and display. <\/span><\/p>\n

Finally, Rachel Hofer<\/strong>, co-coordinator with Kiernan Acquisto, reflects on Boston University\u2019s 35th annual Graduate Symposium in the History of Art & Architecture, which was held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston on March 2, 2019. Titled \u201cFrontier: Exploring Boundaries in the History of Art and Architecture,\u201d the symposium served as inspiration for this issue\u2019s theme. Dr. Ila Sheren, Assistant Professor of Art History and Archaeology at Washington University in St. Louis, gave the keynote address, which centered around some of India\u2019s major waterways and the intersection of religious practices and environmental pollution. Graduate student papers focused on the transgressive and restrictive nature of borders. <\/span><\/p>\n

This issue\u2019s contents ask our readers to question the boundaries in their own lives, to challenge established frameworks and conventional methodologies. What can it mean to establish limits and what can be enabled by \u201ccrossing the line\u201d?<\/span><\/p>\n

We would like to offer a special thanks to our outgoing Senior Editors Kimber Chewning, Lauren Graves, and Ali Terndrup, who have not only overseen a rebranding of the journal but also continually pushed to expand its conceptual boundaries. Their insight, guidance, and collegial spirit have been defining characteristics for SEQUITUR<\/em>. We hope to continue to build upon their work and are excited to see which boundaries SEQUITUR\u00a0<\/em>will cross next. <\/span><\/p>\n

-Bailey Benson<\/h3>\n

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