BOMB 123/Spring 2013
BOMB 123/Spring 2013 cover

Paul McCarthy, Pot Head, 2002, light blue silicon rubber, 33 ½  x  42  x  48".

PAUL MCCARTHY by Benjamin Weissman

Paul McCarthy’s radical approach has not been diluted over a lifetime of factory-like levels of production. His work is currently at Hauser & Wirth in New York City.

BOMB 110/Winter 2010
ART

CARLOS CRUZ-DIEZ

by Estrellita B. Brodsky

A conversation with Cruz-Diez is excerpted from Brodsky’s extensive oral histories with the seminal artist. His new work is at Maxwell Davidson Gallery through June 28.

Still from The Breath We Took, 2013. All images courtesy of the artist. BOMBlog/Posted May 2013
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CHELSEA KNIGHT

by Sophie Buonomo

Chelsea Knight on performing motherhood and marriage in her new video, The Breath We Took and why “write what you know” is limiting advice.

Photo of the Raleigh Peanut Man, Burnace Jenks. Photo taken by Count Hayes in the early 1970s. County Hayes Photo Collection, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC. BOMBlog/Posted May 2013
WORD CHOICE

MY STRUGGLE

by Karl Ove Knausgaard

Word Choice features original works of fiction and poetry. Read an excerpt from Karl Ove Knausgaard’s forthcoming fictionalized memoir, My Struggle.

Photo by Jon Leon. BOMB 8/Winter 1983
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TAYLOR MEAD

by Alf Young

Taylor Mead 1925-2013, his innocence, sophisticated wit, and infinite charm will be sorely missed.

Nathan Mabry. Installation view of Shapeshifter at Sean Kelly, New York, March 29 - May 4, 2013. All images © Nathan Mabry. Photo by Jason Mandella. Courtesy of Sean Kelly, New York. BOMBlog/Posted Apr 2013
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NATHAN MABRY

by Paul Laster

Nathan Mabry on his first solo show in New York, as well as mixing ancient shamans with Donald Judd and sports mascots with Rodin.

BOMB 89/Fall 2004
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RODNEY GRAHAM

by Kim Gordon

Graham talks to Kim Gordon about the use of sound and music in his films, installations, and paintings. His work is at 303 Gallery in New York through June 15.

Jennifer Bartlett, Mirror, 2000-2002, Oil on canvas, three canvases 60 x 106". BOMB 93/Fall 2005
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JENNIFER BARTLETT

by Elizabeth Murray

Murray and Bartlett reminisce about the New York art world of the ‘60s and ‘70s. Barlett’s show Chaos Theory (1972-2013) is at the Locks Gallery through June 29.

Julie Mehretu, When Dawns Were Young, 2004, ink and acrylic on latex, 140 x 187". BOMB 91/Spring 2005
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JULIE MEHRETU

by Lawrence Chua

Julie Mehretu’s sprawling, layered paintings unravel the constructs and conventions of our often violent environment. Her new work is at Marian Goodman through June 22.

Buenos Aires Tour, 2003, mixed media (box, booklets, postcards, map, CD-ROM, stamps). BOMB 106/Winter 2009
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JORGE MACCHI

by Edgardo Rudnitzky

Artist Jorge Macchi’s experiments with theatrical forms, music, and fiction in the ephemeral and accidental substance of his works. His show Loop is at Alexander and Bonin through June 15.

BOMBlog/Posted May 2013
BOMBlog

PAPER CLIP #15

by Tyler Curtis

Paper Clip is a weekly compilation of online articles, artifacts and other—old, new, and sometimes BOMB-related.

 
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Burden. With Kayvon Pourazar. The Chocolate Factory Theater, 2006. Photo by Alex Escalante. BOMBlog/Posted May 2013
PERFORMANCE

MARISSA PEREL

by iele paloumpis

Marissa Perel talks about her recent performance Night Ballast which explores the power that can come from vulnerability.