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A Lot More Inside: Esopus Magazine

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A man in a plaid shirt painting small abstract portraits on a large board.

Published for fifteen years, from 2003 to 2018, and documented in a comprehensive archive held by the Colby College Libraries Special Collections, the celebrated alternative arts magazine Esopus remains “a thing of lavish, eccentric beauty.” Artist and Esopus contributor Kerry James Marshall heralded the periodical as “the best and most extravagant platform for artists’ projects that I knew of. There seemed to be no restrictions on what it was willing to do, and the results were of the highest quality.”

A stack of eleven issues of ESOPUS magazine fanned out against a white background.
A three-dimensional triangular object outside along a driveway and grassy area with hand-painted lettering that reads A LOT MORE INSDE.

Selected Works

William Christenberry

A pop-up card stock sculpture of a white industrial structure on a brown sheet of folder paper by William Christenberry that was a removable insert from Esopus issue 2.

Mickalene Thomas

Mickalene Thomas's artist's project of six page proofs with printing notes from Esopus issue 23.

Mark Hogancamp

A photograph from Mark Hogancamp's project Marwencol on my Mind, 2005.

Robert Gober

Five-color lithograph printed with light-fast, color-sensitive inks on acid-free paper, mounted to archival board by Robert Gober titled Hope Hill Road included with an Esopus issue available to subscribers in 2012.

Alyson Shotz

A photograph of an unfolded poster of an artwork by Alyson Shotz that was included with an issue of ESOPUS.

Jared Flood

An installation view of a an artwork by Jared Flood titled, Sweater.

Installation Views

  • Visitors looking at walls in art gallery with yellow walls displaying "ESOPUS Magazine" content.
  • Art gallery with white and yellow walls, artwork, shelves with books, and a mannequin.
  • Art gallery with a large woven textile and vibrant yellow wall displaying framed artworks.
  • An installation view of A Lot More Inside: Esopus Magazine which was on view from February 15–May 12, 2024.
  • A vitrine in a gallery with ephemera.
  • Yellow wall with grid of magazine covers hung.

Installation view of A Lot More Inside: Esopus Magazine, Davis Gallery, Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine, 2024. Photo: Ashley L. Conti

Installation view of A Lot More Inside: Esopus Magazine, Davis Gallery, Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine, 2024. Photo: Ashley L. Conti

Installation view of A Lot More Inside: Esopus Magazine, Davis Gallery, Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine, 2024.

Installation view of A Lot More Inside: Esopus Magazine, Davis Gallery, Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine, 2024.

Installation view of A Lot More Inside: Esopus Magazine, Davis Gallery, Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine, 2024.

Installation view of A Lot More Inside: Esopus Magazine, Davis Gallery, Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine, 2024.