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Artists' projects are the backbone of every issue of Esopus. Contributed by both established and emerging figures, these have taken the form of removable posters, booklets, foldouts, and hand-assembled sculptures, and often utilized complex printing processes, unique paper stocks, and specially formulated inks. These projects are generally presented with little or no critical commentary in order to allow our readers to access them on their—and the artists'—own terms.

Artist’s Project: Judy Pfaff

By Judy Pfaff

This stunning, 6-foot-long double foldout utilizes hundreds of the artist’s photographs.

Artist’s Project: Kerry James Marshall

By Kerry James Marshall

A comic strip whose subjects include theory, culture, history, and the “Black Metropolis”

Artist’s Project: John O’Connor

By John O’Connor

The artist color-coded grids created by his landlord to predict winning lottery numbers.

Artist’s Project: Suzanne Bocanegra

By Suzanne Bocanegra

31 artists are invited to reimagine recipe cards as miniature in-home performances.

Artist’s Project: Jared Flood

By Jared Flood

For “Esprit de Corpse,” multiple artists worked individually to knit a single garment.

Artist’s Project: Erica Allen

By Erica Allen

Manipulated barbershop posters and discarded photographs create resonant portraits of masculinity.

Artist’s Project: Fernando Santangelo

By Fernando Santangelo

In “Egypt,” a picture story told with Tarot-like images, two children embark upon an Egyptian adventure.

Artist’s Project: Juri Morioka

By Juri Morioka

The artist maps her surroundings with whimsical drawings.

Artist’s Project: John Baldessari

By John Baldessari

“Foot and Stocking Series,” a series based on a 1965 painting by the artist

Artists’ Project: Oliver Herring and Peter Krashes

By Oliver Herring and Peter Krashes

A conversation between artworks created by two artists over the past several decades

Artist’s Project: Mickey Smith

By Mickey Smith

“Untitled” (2009): Selections from the artist’s “Volume” series

Artist’s Project: Jeff Gibson

By Jeff Gibson

“Encyclopaedia Pareidolia,” 2009

Artist’s Project: Michael Iskowitz

By Michael Iskowitz

“A Doll House Society” (removable 24-page book)

Artist’s Project: Fiona Banner

By Fiona Banner

“Top Gun, 2004” transcribes the entire Tony Scott film on a removable poster

Artist’s Project: Jason Polan

By Jason Polan

An artist draws over 100 of Esopus readers’ favorite things in New York City for our 4th Subscriber Invitational

Artist’s Project: Darina Karpov

By Darina Karpov

Selections from the 2008 watercolor suite “Sudden Appearances into Vanishing”

Artist’s Project: Robert Therrien

By Robert Therrien

Images of the artist’s sculpture No Title (Red Room)—and a detailed inventory of its contents

Artist’s Project: Berend Strik

By Berend Strik

“Untitled,” 2008 (removable hand-stitched insert)

Artist’s Project: Yvonne Jacquette

By Yvonne Jacquette

Sixteen fragments from 25 years’ worth of printmaking

Artist’s Project: Dulce Pinzón

By Dulce Pinzón

“The Real Story of the Superheroes” tells the inspiring tales of NYC immigrants.

Artist’s Project: Sarah Malakoff

By Sarah Malakoff

“Untitled Interiors,” vivid images of domestic spaces

Artist’s Project: Charlie White

By Charlie White

“American Blondes 2005”: What don’t these magazine covers have in common?

Artist’s Project: Kay Rosen

By Kay Rosen

“ABC, a Primer” (removable 32-page booklet)

Artist’s Project: Neil Goldberg

By Neil Goldberg

“Missing the Train” documents a frustrating experience common to every NYC straphanger.

Artist’s Project: Allen Ruppersberg

By Allen Ruppersberg

“House of Cards” (10 removable inserts)

Artist’s Project: Gareth Jones

By Gareth Jones

“Ten Kitchens” from the London-based artist

Artist’s Project: Kira Lynn Harris

By Kira Lynn Harris

“Eight Chance Variations Within a Fixed Structure” (removable inserts)

Artist Project: Alex Katz and Vincent Katz

By Alex Katz and Vincent Katz

“Autographs,” a collaboration between painter and poet, father and son

Artist’s Project: Frank Benson

By Frank Benson

“Flag 2006,” a removable poster from the New York–based artist

Artist’s Project: Sylvia Plimack Mangold

By Sylvia Plimack Mangold

An in-depth look into the creation of an etching and aquatint

Artist’s Project: Colter Jacobsen

By Colter Jacobsen

Eight “memory drawings” inspired by Esopus readers’ photographs

Artist’s Project: Xylor Jane

By Xylor Jane

A calendar clock (a 21" x 30" removable poster) and the formula for its use

Artist’s Project: Fernando Bryce

By Fernando Bryce

Pages and covers of Américas magazine revisited in brush and ink

Artist’s Project: Mary Ellen Carroll

By Mary Ellen Carroll

Portraits from the New York-based conceptualist’s “You and We” series

Artist’s Project: Richard Misrach

By Richard Misrach

The California photographer creates a stunning removable poster for Esopus readers.

Artist’s Project: Edward Ruscha

By Edward Ruscha

A series of altered book covers by the acclaimed Los Angeles–based artist

Artist’s Project: Shanan Kurtz

By Shanan Kurtz

“All the Eyes Are Mine,” a selection of digitally modified found photographs

Artist’s Project: Ati Maier

By Ati Maier

“See It Loud,” a removable poster created for Esopus readers

Artist’s Project: Mark Keffer

By Mark Keffer

Form and function merge in this series of altered maps.

Artist's Project: Andrea Deszó

By Andrea Dezsó

A child’s memories of her grandmother are refracted through the prism of a rich imagination.

Artist’s Project: Jenny Holzer

By Jenny Holzer

These recently declassified ”Memoranda,” selected by the artist, must see the light of day.

Artist’s Project: David Scher

By David Scher

“Into the Green,” a suite of drawings from spring 2003

Artist’s Project: William Christenberry

By William Christenberry

The noted artist revisits a structure from his native Hale County, Alabama.

Artist’s Project: Hilary Lloyd

By Hilary Lloyd

A series of 16 photographs by the British artist

Artist’s Project: Chris Doyle

By Chris Doyle

Drawings from the artist’s “Untitled House” series

Artist’s Project: Beth Campbell

By Beth Campbell

“My Potential Future Based on Present Circumstances (6/29/03)”

Artist’s Project: Richard Tuttle

By Richard Tuttle

The result of an encounter with a found object provided by Esopus

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