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OUTSPOKEN: CON ARTIST MADOFF COLLECTS MARK KOSTABI PAINTINGS

by Kelly Devine Thomas May 06, 2009

Kelly Devine Thomas on the stranger sides of Google, and the unlikely combination of Bernie Madoff and Mark Kostabi.

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OUTSPOKEN: MAKING SENSE OF A COY ART WORLD

by Kelly Devine Thomas May 01, 2009

Warhol dollar.

Kelly Devine Thomas reflects on her experiences in the art world, and the relationship between money and art.

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LIGHT THAT PERMEATES YOUR HEAD: ERIC FREEMAN

by Kris Chatterson May 01, 2009

Kris Chatterson interviews painter Eric Freeman.

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TETE A TETE: WINSTON GOERTZ GIFFEN AND ANDREW MACY ON VISUAL ART AND MUSIC MAKING

by Chirstine Lagorio Apr 30, 2009

Bay Area artists Goertz Giffen and Andrew Marcy discuss the ways that music, imagery and community influence their work.

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DEBT'S RELIEF: AFTERSPUTNIK'S ART PROJECT

by Susie DeFord Apr 27, 2009

Burlesque performer Howling Vic hosted Aftersputnik's Speakeasy reading.

Still in debt from all those degrees? Aftersputnik wants to help you out!

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BOMB ON THE INSIDE: PAYMENT IN FULL

by David Goodman Apr 23, 2009

Vadis Turner, Liver, 2009, 9 x 5 x 3 inches, discarded jewelery, mixed media.

In this edition of BOMB on the Inside, David Goodman chats with artist Vadis Turner about her transformative, material inspired sculptures and installations.

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WILL STEACY

by Alec Quig Apr 21, 2009

Alec Quig and Will Steacy discuss Steacy’s work and what it means to photograph “the rough side of town.”

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BOMB ON THE INSIDE: BLUR THE BOUNDARIES AND CROSS OVER, PART 2

by David Goodman Apr 20, 2009

Glenn O’Brien, photo courtesy of slamxhype.com

David Goodman and Interview magazine editor Glenn O’Brien discuss the future and past of the magazine.

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OUTSPOKEN: FOR MARTIN KIPPENBERGER

by Kelly Devine Thomas Apr 16, 2009

Martin Kippenberger, Martin, ab in die Ecke und schäm Dich [Martin, Into the Corner, You Should Be Ashamed of Yourself] (1989), photo courtesy of artnet.com

In this week’s Outspoken, Kelly Devine Thomas reflects on the work of Martin Kippenberger.

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BOMB ON THE INSIDE: BLUR THE BOUNDARIES AND CROSS OVER, PART 1

by David Goodman Apr 16, 2009

Glenn O’Brien, photo courtesy of slamxhype.com

David Goodman and Interview magazine editor Glenn O’Brien discuss the future and past of the magazine.

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IT IS WHAT IT IS: EXCLUSIVE AUDIO

by BOMB Apr 15, 2009

In Jeremy Deller’s project “It Is What It Is: Conversations About Iraq” journalists, veterans, refugees and scholars converse about their experiences over the past ten years.

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MATT SIBER

by Alec Quig Apr 15, 2009

Matt Siber, BP, 2004, Floating Logos Project.

Photographers Matt Siber and Alec Quid discuss Siber’s work, and the imagined—yet very real—space that it occupies.

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BOMB ON THE INSIDE: HAND ON THE PULSE

by David Goodman Apr 09, 2009

Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome (1954-66). Courtesy of P.S. 1 and the Artist

David Goodman and Tim Goossens discuss the Kenneth Anger exhibition at PS 1, where Goossens is an Assistant Curator.

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DON'T QUIT YOUR DAY JOB

by BOMB Apr 09, 2009

Biding your time until you become a famous artist? Tell us what you do to pay the bills!

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BOMB ON THE INSIDE: TRUSTED TRANSLATIONS

by David Goodman Apr 02, 2009

Jedediah Caesar, Redwood, 2004-2006, resin, pigment, wood, plaster, hemp. 3 parts.

Trina Gordon and Dario Robleto discuss the current exhibition at D’Amelio Terras Gallery where Gordon is the Associate Director.

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WINGS FOR WORDS

by Christine Lagorio Apr 01, 2009

Karma, 2006, Mitsutaka Tanimoto. Parakeet painted on antique book with other collage work and ink dying throughout. Pen, ink, watercolor, antique book.

Christine Lagorio reflects on the peaceful Wings for Words: New Bookworks from Korea and Japan at the San Francisco Center for the Book.

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THE SAME NOW: JOHANNESBURG TO NEW YORK

by Brittnee King Mar 30, 2009

Photo by C.Questel. A MoCADA patron and "Untitled #1 1996–2008" (mixed media).

Johannesburg to New York, a joint exhibition by Samson Mnisi and Cannon Hersey, at the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts succeeds, ultimately, at inspiring unity.

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JENNY HOLZER: THE BODY ELECTRIC

by Annie Dewitt Mar 24, 2009

Jenny Holzer, Green Purple Cross, 2008, and Blue Cross, 2008. Courtesy Whitney.org.

In this, an exhibit about secrets—an exercise in exhuming “redactions” as Jenny Holzer titles several of the paintings her show—it seems too easy to say that the work combines the personal with the political, the body with its relationship to war.

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BOMB ON THE INSIDE: PLEASURABLE PERCEPTIONS

by David Goodman Mar 19, 2009

Alex Fleming 2009. Courtesy of Lisa Cooley Fine Art, New York.

Lisa Cooley’s creative vision for her gallery, Lisa Cooley Fine Art in New York City’s Lower East Side, showcases her pleasurable perception. Her keen eye, and introspective understanding bring youthful clarity to the deep and poetic artwork she exhibits.

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SWEET SORROW: FERNANDO MASTRANGELO AT KUMUKUMU

by Emily Warner Mar 18, 2009

Fernando Mastrangelo, 2009. Sugar, vivak 53 x 16 x 12 inches. Edition of two.

In Fernando Mastrangelo’s “LoVE is a smoke made with the fume of sighs…” at KUMUKUMU, love is presented as painful, cloying, very temporary, and frequently cliché

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BOMB ON THE INSIDE: URBAN CHINA

by David Goodman Mar 11, 2009

Benjamin Godsill, curatorial associate of the New Museum, talks about the Urban China exhibition he curated.

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FREEZE FRAME: LUCA BUVOLI AT SUSAN INGLETT

by Emily Warner Mar 02, 2009

Luca Buvoli, Instant Before Incident, 2009. Installation View. Image Courtesy of Susan Inglett Gallery, New York.

Emily Warner reviews Luca Buvoli’s Instant Before Incident at Susan Inglett Gallery.

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CANT TELL 'EM APART AT ALL

by Lena Valencia Feb 25, 2009

The film Warhol: Denied follows Joe Simon’s attempts to get his Andy Warhol self-portrait authenticated, raising questions of authorship and the definition of Art.

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OUTSPOKEN: I'D RATHER WATCH ARTISTS PAINT CARS

by Kelly Devine Thomas Feb 19, 2009

via C-Monster.net

In this edition of OUTSPOKEN, Kelly Devine Thomas reflects on the new exhibition GREED, A New Fragrance by Francesco Vezzoli at Gagosian in Rome.

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MARY LUM'S EDGE CONDITIONS

by Lena Valencia Feb 17, 2009

Mary Lum combines comic strips and photos in her paintings and collages to create spontaneous, obsessive, architectural pieces.

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JANE DICKSON, NIGHT DRIVING, MARLBOROUGH, CHELSEA THROUGH 2/14

by Mary-Ann Monforton Jan 29, 2009

Xmas. Artificial surface displays real feeling.

Mary-Ann Monforton on Jane Dickson’s show Night Driving at Marlborough Gallery.

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OUTSPOKEN: THE MOST TERRIBLE THING IS NOT KNOWING WHAT YOU OWE

by Kelly Devine Thomas Jan 27, 2009

Kelly Devine Thomas on Mike Kelley, “I said if each one of these toys took 600 hours to make then that’s 600 hours of love; and if I gave this to you, you owe me 600 hours of love; and that’s a lot.”

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MARY HEILMANN AT 303 GALLERY

by Betsy Sussler Jan 14, 2009

Betsy Sussler reports on Mary Heilmann’s Two-Lane Blacktop show at 303 Gallery in February ‘09.

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SEND US YOUR C.P.A (CAMERA PHONE ART)

by Ben Handzo Jan 08, 2009

Ben discovers a disturbing winter wonderland inside a painted over window and snaps a picture. He encourages others to submit their camera phone art to the blog.

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RICHARD PRINCE AT GAGOSIAN

by Nick Stillman Dec 23, 2008

Nick Stillman laments the lack of humor in Richard Prince’s latest gallery show, citing quotes from past BOMB interviews with Barbara Kruger and Marvin Heiferman.

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