“We find beauty not in the thing itself but in the patterns of shadows, the light and the darkness, that one thing against another creates.” Junichiro Tanizaki

Cut Me Up Issue 13: Nearby Between, curated by Katie Blake, is a selection of 18 artworks that explore the Japanese concept of Ma 間, described as a “pause in time, an interval or emptiness in space.” For this issue, artists were encouraged to explore the intentional use of space through employing new collage techniques, while incorporating elements from Cut Me Up Issue 12: Eros.

Curatorial prompts for Issue 13 artists:

• Evoke the concept of Ma.

• Consider working with a collage technique that is new to you.

• Artworks responses may be in any media and may incorporate other materials.

• All eligible submissions must incorporate some portion or portions of Cut Me Up: Issue 12.

Katie Blake’s original curatorial call for Issue 13 can be found here.

Issue 13 Cover Art:
Torea Frey

Issue 13 Artists:
allison anne
Jac Batey
LaVonna Varnado Brown
Olivia Browne
Allan Bealy
Rachel England
Torea Frey
Melanie Garcia
Suzanne Gore
Ann Keeling
Alejandra Koreck
Andrea Lewicki
Jenny Lloyd
Claudia Mazzie-Ballheim
Janice McDonald
Dan Romer
Leslie Siegel
Carol White

All of the 133 response artworks made by 98 artists for Cut Me Up Issue 13: Nearby, Between can be found here.