This winter issue of Flash Art delves into the essence of desire in today’s context, and explores what it means to be an artist in the United States at this moment. With terms like “brat” and “demure” being used to describe various lifestyles, we are prompted to consider what a new understanding of desire might look like. Following Shumon Basar’s concept of “endcore,” which captures the anxiety that social media, alarming news, and tumultuous historical moments have instilled in our society, we ask ourselves: Is desire still something we yearn for?
Flash Art is an international bimonthly magazine dedicated to contemporary art, exploring the evolving cultural landscape through the work of leading artists, writers, curators and others.