BOMB 111/Spring 2010
ON NEWSSTANDS NOW
ON NEWSSTANDS NOW
Author Minna Proctor contemplates the universe of Sharon Harper’s long-exposure photographs of the starry night sky. This content is available in print only. This content is available in print only.
Surrounded by “empty objects longing to be powerful,” Jimbo Blachy confronts Joanna Malinowska’s eclectic and mysterious exhibition Time of Guerrilla Metaphysics at CANADA gallery. This content is available in print only.
Joseph Strau challenges Alex Hubbard (and himself) on the “dangerous formalism” in new abstract painting while attending the opening of Besides, With, Against, and Yet: Abstraction and the Ready-Made Gesture. This content is available in print only.
Roughly translated as “a place to doubt,” Lugar a Dudas serves as an artist’s space and cultural center in Cali, Colombia. This content is available in print only.
Venezuelan-born, Brooklyn-based Esperanza Mayobre’s work deals with “the trauma of displacement.” This content is available in print only.
Dan Schmidt employs found objects and an arsenal of modest shapes to breach the boundary between the conscious and the accidental. James Siena explores the hidden world inside Schmidt’s paintings.
In Tala Madani’s paintings, Diana Al-Hadid notices a peculiar relationship between manner and matter, directness and ambiguity, alienation and connection.
Violist Anni Rossi recounts her touring experience with outlandish trio Micachu and the Shapes, who are playing at Littlefield in Brooklyn this Friday, October 2nd.
Simmons, as an artist, doubles down. She captures the fiction/truth dialectic as well as anyone, dis-articulating assumptions about the quietly composed and staged images she makes.
Michael Combs’s sculptures mix the Waspiness of traditional animal mounts with the taboo fetish sexuality of carved wooden birds wearing leather masks, emerging from leather strap-ons, and draped—flaccid—over Winchester gun stocks.
Dan Wolgers is in his third decade of delivering snapshots of the improbable.
Joyce Pensato starts with the most iconic cartoon figures—Mickey, Minnie, Daffy, Krazy, Stan, and Homer—but her representations of them couldn’t be further from their usual plastic media.
An artists on artists text on African American Feminism Painter Mickalene Thomas by Artists Kara Walker accompanied by three paintings by Mickalene Thomas, the first titled Le Leçon d’amour.
An artists on artists text on Rashid Johnson, by Sanford Biggers, accompanied by a painting and a photograph by Rashid Johnson, titled Cosmic Slop and I Who Have Nothing.
Emma Wilcox on how Sebastián Patané Masuelli’s immigration from Argentina to New Jersey and the adventure of learning English inspire his ambitious installations.
Andrew Moszynski on why optimism is at the heart of the socioeconomic statements Fernanda Laguna makes with her paintings, drawings, poems and plays.
Alejandro Cesarco works brazenly in a tradition, the aesthetic confines of classic conceptual art. In his work, text prevails over image—replacing it or transforming it.
Roberto Juarez on how Robert Brinker’s paper cutouts balance warm, Disney-like comfort with strident sensuality. This article is only available in print.
Kathryn Andrews on Chris Lipomi’s shockingly expansive and daring self-installation The Cave Project. This article is only available in print.
Josiah McElheny on how Holly Zausner’s videos explore the limitations of our physicality and “our struggle with the physical and psychic burdens of the body.” This article is only available in print.
B. Wurtz on the ambiguousness sculptor Charles Goldman aims for between “where his art ends and the rest of the world begins.” This article is only available in print.
B. Wurtz on the ambiguousness sculptor Charles Goldman aims for between “where his art ends and the rest of the world begins.” This article is only available in print.
What exactly is music? Michèle Gerber Klein tackles this question in an examination of Tristan Perich and his edgy 1-Bit style, reviewing a performance at the Whitney Museum in February of 2008.
James Siena on how painter Chris Martin’s long, difficult career is finally paying off. This article is only available in print.
Betsy Sussler on how Rachel Foullon’s paper sculptures explore concepts of home and archeological history. This article is only available in print.
Elka Krajewska on Paulina Ołowska’s rebellious videos and installations. This article is only available in print.
Artist Mário Ramiro on the work of Lucia Koch. WEB EXTRA: Watch Koch’s collaborative animation, Olinda-Celeste!
An artists on artists text on sculpture artist Thiago Rocha Pitta by Botika, accompanied by several photographs of mixed media sculptures and film stills by Thiago Rocha Pitta, the first titled Uma Trilogia. This article is only available in print.
A artists on artists text on sculpture artist Jarbas Lopes by Luis Andrade, accompanied by three photographs of sculptures by Jarbas Lopes, the first titled Troca- Troca (Switch- Switch). This article is only available in print.