New Era Issue
WHITEWALL 2 WHITEWALL 3 WHITEWALL 4 WHITEWALL 5 725599_Max_WhitewallMarchDPS.indd 2-3 2/4/21 12:01 PM WHITEWALL MAGAZINE MARCH 2021LHP WHITEWALL MAGAZINE MARCH 2021RHP THE LETTER Courtesy of Ruth Carter. 800.929.DIOR (3467) DIOR.COM (3467) 800.929.DIOR FROM THE EDITOR The beginning of 2021 has had its troubles—some new, some ongoing—but we are beginning to see the light we’ve so desperately been craving. This time last year, we were filled with dread, anxiety, and a paralyzing fear of what the pandemic would bring and how it would affect us. Sure, there’s still plenty of anxiety to go around, but it feels like we know now the challenge we are facing. We’ve lived with it and through it, and we are seeing the art and creative world make the most of it. That is what we’re celebrating this spring in our first-ever New Era issue. The trials of 2020 have given rise to impassioned causes, reinvigorated practices, and louder calls to action. The pandemic has forced us to address political, social, racial, and environmental issues because life is not carrying on as usual—it can’t. And, as is always the case, artists, designers, and makers are leading the way. Last summer, over the July Fourth weekend, rafa esparza and a collective of over 80 artists took part in the public project “In Plain Sight,” which skytyped messages calling attention to immigrant detention. The Los Angeles–based artist will continue to address America’s culture of incarceration and violence against Black and Brown bodies with a new series of work this spring, while also providing a space for healing and reflection.
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