BOMB 124/Summer 2013
BOMB 124/Summer 2013 cover

Constellation and Habitat of the Hydrospatial City, 1973, acrylic and light, 43 5/16 27 5/8×3 7/8 inches.

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BOMBlog/Posted Jun 2013
WORD CHOICE

THE LONELINESS OF CERTAIN AMERICAN STATES

by Catherine Lacey

Read short fiction by Catherine Lacey. Word Choice presents fiction and poetry every Friday.

Barbara Sukowa as Hannah Arendt in Hannah Arendt, a film by Margarethe von Trotta. A Zeitgeist Films release. Web Only/Posted Jun 2012
FILM

MARGARETHE VON TROTTA AND BARBARA SUKOWA

by Sabine Russ

WEB EXCLUSIVE Margarethe von Trotta’s newest film, Hannah Arendt, resonates with the intensity that defines her decades of work. Von Trotta and actress Barbara Sukowa discuss their history together and the role of radical women in Germany.

Yayoi Kusama, _Let's Carry the Flowers_, 1998, mixed media, 16 1/8 x 24 1/4 x 10 1/4".  © Yayoi Kusama. Courtesy of Robert Miller Gallery. BOMBlog/Posted Jun 2013
LITERATURE

POET ON NEW YORK

by Luis Méndez Domínguez

A newly translated interview with Federico García Lorca by Luis Méndez Domínguez from 1933.

Jene Highstein, Flying Saucer, 1977, concrete and steel, 16' in diameter, Nathan Manilow Sculpture Garden, Governers State University, Illinois. Overlay: welded steel armature for Flying Saucer. Photos by Peter Moore. BOMB 6/Summer 1983
ART

JENE HIGHSTEIN

by David Seidner

Highstein created sculpture that was “awesome yet inviting somehow: shapes that beckon to caress, that speak of intimacy.” Jene Highstein: Early Works will be at The Clocktower Gallery June 18–August 2nd.

Laura Linney, Owen Kline, Jeff Daniels, and William Baldwin (left to right) in Noah Baumbach's The Squid and the Whale. Courtesy of Samuel Goldwyn Films and Sony Pictures Entertainment. BOMB 93/Fall 2005
FILM

NOAH BAUMBACH

by Jonathan Lethem

Two New York natives discuss growing up in Brooklyn, the allure of the of the Museum of Natural History, and the perils of the autobiographical question in this instant classic from 2005. Baumbach’s Frances Ha is in theaters now.

Paul McCarthy, Pot Head, 2002, light blue silicon rubber, 33 ½  x  42  x  48". BOMB 84/Summer 2003
ART

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.

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

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.

Video still from "people, now that we're alone"  from the Kitchen Steve Project, 2013. BOMBlog/Posted Jun 2013
ART

GEO WYETH

by Judith Shimer

Geo Wyeth discusses his first experience with video in Kitchen Steve Project and examines the relationship between technology and performance.

Marie Lorenz, Tide and Current Taxi 2006, with Josiah McElheny in the Gowanus Canal. All images courtesy of the artist. BOMBlog/Posted Apr 2012
ART

MARIE LORENZ

by Jennifer Coates

Marie Lorenz goes against the current with her recent body of work. Her new project The Tide and Current Taxi is ongoing as part of MoMA PS1’s EXPO 1: New York.

Mike Kelley, Feudal War, 1987, acrylic on canvas, 4 8¼ x 60 ¼”. Courtesy of Rosamund Felson. BOMBlog/Posted Jun 2013
BOMBlog

PAPER CLIP #19

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.