Preview: Fall 2020 Quarterly with Bisa Butler, Marilyn Minter, Nicolas Party, Dominic Chambers, Cassi Namoda and more!

Kerry James Marshall is not featured this time around, but his presence looms large. He’s referenced, with reverence, by a few artists, Dominic Chambers, notably, but KJM’s powerful oeuvre and work ethic captures the essence of this issue in a way that I hadn’t recognized until the final pages were sent to press. Consider birdwatching. There is something so fascinating about observation in the activity; it requires acute, special insight and viewing intellect, such that I will always be drawn to someone who is an active birdwatcher, as I presume they have other in-depth insights into the world. Birdwatching requires another trait that is so ingrained in the American psyche that it crosses social and political boundaries, something that amazingly,…