This fall Aperture magazine presents an issue exploring the idea of cosmologiesthe origins histories and local universes that artists create for themselves.ampampamp10ampampamp10In an exclusive interview Greg Tate speaks to Deana Lawson about how her monumental staged portraits trace cosmologies of the African diaspora. ampampquotWhat Im doing integrates mythology religion empirical data dreamsampampquot says Lawson whose work is the subject of major solo exhibitions this year at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum New York and Institute of Contemporary Art Boston.ampampamp10ampampamp10In an indepth profile of Judith Joy Ross and her iconic portraiture Rebecca Bengal shows how a constellation of strangers is brought together through Rossampampamp8217s precise empathic gaze.