Jamieson Webster

Conversion Disorder — a psychiatric term that names the enigmatic transformation of psychic energy into bodily manifestations — offers a way to rethink the present. With so many people suffering from unexplained bodily symptoms, with so many seeking recourse to pharmacological treatments or bodily modification, and with young men and women seemingly willing to direct violence towards anybody, including themselves,...

Art appreciators and museum-goers interested in both contemporary art and historical art references in the themes of love and death, as well as photography and photo-book aficionados, will find Piotr Uklanski: Fatal Attraction especially engaging. A previously under-the-radar artist, recognition of the New York-based artist Piotr Uklanski (born Poland, 1968) is growing alongside this book and exhibitions. Piotr Uklanski: Fatal...