Publisher/Association Belle Haleine

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"The Abstract Issue," the 13th and final issue of the independent magazine *Purple Prose*, founded in 1992 in Paris, France by Ellen Fleiss and Olivier Zahm, is a magazine that freely traverses contemporary art, photography, fashion, and criticism, and served as the origin of *Purple*, which later developed into a global culture/fashion magazine. This issue, themed "Abstract," includes photographs by Anders Edström, text by Hiroko Hayashi, interviews with Doug Aiken and John McCracken, and works and texts by Sam Durant and others. Unlike the current *Purple*, known as a sophisticated commercial magazine, its simple design and experimental editing strongly reflect the atmosphere of independent culture in 1990s Paris. While *Purple Prose* gave rise to spin-offs such as *Purple Fashion*, *Purple Fiction*, and *Purple Sexe*, which eventually developed into *Purple*, this issue is an important one that concludes its earliest activities. In a sense, this is a precious final issue that tells the story of the time before Purple became a global brand, when the magazine itself was used as a testing ground.