Purple Magazine
— The New York issue #39 S/S 2023
Miu Miu Spring/Summer 2023
EAST MEETS WEST
SIX FEMALE ARTISTS
IN NEW YORK
PHOTOGRAPHY BY STEVIE AND MADA
BILL POWERS AND ANFISA VRUBEL, INTERVIEWS
JOHNNY LE, ART DIRECTOR
AMANDA PHAM, STYLE
TSUKI AT STREETERS, HAIR
MICAL KLIP AT M+A GROUP, MAKE-UP
WILLIAM RADON AND MACE VANNONI, PHOTOGRAPHER’S ASSISTANTS MIA MANNING, STYLIST’S ASSISTANT
YUAN FANG
BILL POWERS — Did anything surprise you about New York?
YUAN FANG — There are more racists here than I would have guessed. New York is kind of sold to you as a melting pot and a haven of freedom. It doesn’t exactly live up to the credo of the Statue of Liberty.
BILL POWERS — When did you move to New York?
YUAN FANG — When I was 18, I came here to do my undergraduate studies at the School of Visual Arts. I grew up in Shenzhen, China, near Hong Kong. I had been to America once before…
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ANH DUONG, LE BONHEUR PARALYSE MON ESPRIT, 2013, OIL ON CANVAS, DIAMETER 42 INCHES, COURTESY OF GALERIE GMURZYNSKA
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ANH DUONG, THE GENTLEWOMAN OR THE AGGRAVATION OF OUR INCOHERENCES, 2022, OIL ON CANVAS, 24 X 30 X 1 3/8 INCHES, COURTESY OF GALERIE GMURZYNSKA
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ANNA PARK, BED HEAD, 2022, INK, ACRYLIC, CHARCOAL, AND PAPER ON PANEL, 40 1/2 X 40 3/8 X 1 3/4 INCHES, COPYRIGHT ANNA PARK, COURTESY OF THE ARTIST AND BLUM & POE, LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK/TOKYO
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BAMBOU GILI, ENTANGLED LIFE, 2021, OIL ON LINEN, 65 X 50 INCHES, COURTESY OF THE ARTIST AND NIGHT GALLERY, LOS ANGELES, PHOTO NIK MASSEY