Lesley Ma

May 1, 2024 | artforum.com | Alex Jovanovich |Daniel Moldoveanu |Lesley Ma |Wes Hill

Vanessa Conte’s depraved zinesAmy: Thrill to Live, by Vanessa Conte, New York: Random Man Editions, 2023. 26 pages. THE MARQUIS DE SADE rained hell upon his Justine, a fictional naïf whose virtuousness was relentlessly “tested” by every stripe of abuse and sexual atrocity the malveillante French author could dream up. Since her appearance more than two centuries ago, the character has spawned countless progeny.