BOMB 119/Spring 2012
BOMB 119/Spring 2012 cover

_Get It Right (Pink)_, 2005, painted cut paper on paper, 27 1/2 x 27 1/2".

ARTURO HERRERA by Josiah McElheny

Herrera’s use of profane materials—familiar, commonplace images—“contaminate” the carefully circumscribed world of the abstract. A show of his new work opens at Corbett vs Dempsey in Chicago on May 10.

Jeanne Cassanova, In the wake of awake, 2007, acrylic, resin, glitter, and fabric on canvas, 36 x 48 inches. Courtesy of the artist. BOMBlog/Posted May 2012
WORD CHOICE

TWO POEMS

by Austin LaGrone

BOMBlog’s Word Choice features original works of poetry, fiction, and art. This edition of Word Choice, selected by Peter Moysaenko, features poetry by Austin LaGrone and art by Jeanne Cassanova.

Rachel Harrison, Chicken (detail), 2008, wood pedestal, acrylic, framed inkjet print, rubber toy chicken, sawdust, 70 x 22 x 44". Photo: André Morin. BOMB 105/Fall 2008
ART

RACHEL HARRISON AND NAYLAND BLAKE

Blake and Harrison discuss notions under threat of extinction: self-expression, art not-for-reproduction, and being engaged in the here-and-now. Harrison’s new work is currently on view at Greene Naftali.

BOMB 50/Winter 1995
ART

BILLY SULLIVAN

by Saul Ostrow

Painter Billy Sullivan recalls the wisdom of Warhol, Woodstock wiles and the downside of mail-order boots. A show of his new work opens May 8 at Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery.

BOMB 118/Winter 2012
WEB EXTRAS

STUDIO VISIT: BJORN COPELAND

WEB EXTRA VIDEO Watch a BOMB Extra Video with artist Bjorn Copeland, who’s band Black Dice has a new album, Mr. Impossible, out now.

George Kuchar, still from Cyclone Alley Ceramics, 2000. Video, color, sound; 12 min. Copyright The Estate of George Kuchar; courtesy of Video Data Bank. BOMBlog/Posted May 2012
ART

WHITNEY 2.0

by John Reed

John Reed keeps it real and critical with this year’s much-anticipated 2012 Whitney Biennial.

BOMB 30/Winter 1990
ART

ANISH KAPOOR

by Ameena Meer

Anish Kapoor and Ameena Meer discuss sex and death, subjectivity, and colors. Kapoor’s new work is on view now at Gladstone Gallery.

From "Consumystic," Avenue des Gobelins.  All images courtesy of Margarita Gluzberg and Paradise Row (London) and the MAC/VAL Museum (Paris). BOMBlog/Posted May 2012
ART

CIRCUITS AND LOOPS: TOM MCCARTHY & MARGARITA GLUZBERG

by Tom McCarthy and Margarita Gluzberg

Tom McCarthy and Margarita Gluzberg ask whether psychosis can ever be critical, whether matter can transmit, and what the word fiction finally means.

IN THE CURRENT ISSUE
FIRST PROOF

SOME WORLDS FOR DR. VOGT

by Matvei Yankelevich

Web Extra Video Read excerpts from Yankelevich’s poem Some Worlds for Dr. Vogt plus a video by Yankelevich and Jeanne Liotta.

Amanda Kirkhuff: Judy With the Head of Holofernes. 2009 Graphite on paper. All images courtesy of the artists and [ 2nd Floor Projects ], San Francisco. BOMBlog/Posted Apr 2012
ART

WHEN THE DULL NORMAL MARRIES THE GRIFTER AND THE DISILLUSIONED PATSY TRAVELS ABROAD

by Jennifer Blowdryer

Jennifer Blowdryer’s aggressive, witty autobiographical prose inspired by work in [ 2FP ]’s exhibition Here Comes Everybody.

BOMB 107/Spring 2009
ARTISTS ON ARTISTS

RASHID JOHNSON

by Sanford Biggers

Read Biggers on Johnson, who has a show at MCA Chicago through August 5.

 
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Steven Holl, Y-Retreat, the Catskills, New York, 1999. Photo by Solange Fabiao. BOMB 79/Spring 2002
ARCHITECTURE

STEVEN HOLL

by Joseph Masheck

Steven Holl Architects are the design team behind the new Institute for Contemporary Art at Virginia Commonwealth University. Critic Joseph Masheck and Holl discuss analog, metaphor, and Malevich.