BOMB 111/Spring 2010
ON NEWSSTANDS NOW
ON NEWSSTANDS NOW
The late Gretchen Bender created “high tech” art when “high tech” was still an accepted turn of phrase. Here, she talks to Cindy Sherman about the appropriation and manipulation of T.V. commercials, images from the news, and contemporary art.
Famed writer, editor, filmmaker, and publisher Charles Henri Ford speaks of his early years in Paris, his theory of collage, and how he came to obtain a nude photograph of Robert Mapplethorpe and Patti Smith.
Authors Martin Amis and Patrick McGrath discuss Amis’s novel, Money, a black comedy set in New York and London, featuring the misadventures of a large and ugly filmmaker named John Self, a man “addicted to the 20th century.”
Director Roland Joffe discusses the films The Killing Fields and The Mission; growing up in post- war London; and transitioning from theater to television to film.
A painting of gouache on paper, titled Angst, by John Wells. This article is only available in print.
A sculpture of bronze and a painting of ink, titled Bell, and Logasimuli, by Saint Clair Cemin. This article is only available in print.
Three poems, titled “Calcutta and I,” “Two Curses,” and “By Writing a Poem,” by Sunil Gangopadhyay. This article is only available in print.
A sepia print, titled Courting Death and a Ciba print, titled Class of ‘39, by Annette Lemieux. This article is only available in print.
Two polaroids, Untitled, by Ellen Carey. This article is only available in print.
A short story, titled “Endless Lunch,” an excerpt from the novel, Burma, by Gary Indiana. This article is only available in print.
Four poems, titled “In Bhilai,” “For Guillevick and Genevieve,” “Apocalypse,” “A Prayer,” and “By Words Too,” by Ashok Vajpeyi. This article is only available in print.
Three sculptures of bronze, titled Madame as Recamier, Flood of Values, and Untitled, by Gary Stephan. This article is only available in print.
A short story, titled “Marrakesh,” by Catherine Texier. This article is only available in print.
This piece is “Merry Christmas, Dr. Title”. For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.
A painting of oil on canvas, titled Monday Morning Early, by Peter Nadin. This article is only available in print.
Four poems, titled “On The Road,” “Observing Billy,” “Cross Country,” and “My Man,” by Alice Rose George. This article is only available in print.
Five poems, titled “Rubà i I,” “Rubà i IV,” “Underdone,” “Night falls with a broken wing,” and “Untitled,” by Shamsur Rahman Faruqi. This article is only available in print.
A painting of oil on masonite, titled Saning Sari, by Marilyn Lerner. This article is only available in print.
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A poem, titled “Song of the Earth,” by M. Gopal Krishna Adiga. This article is only available in print.
Two paintings of graphite and watercolor on paper, Untitled, by Stephen Ellis. This article is only available in print.
A color monoprint, titled Stomach, from the series Possession is Nine Tenths of the Law, by Kiki Smith. This article is only available in print.
Two poems, titled “The Bullock,” and “A Name For My Little Daughter,” by Kedarnath Singh. This article is only available in print.
A drawing of ink on paper, titled The Loss of a Planet, by Lucio Pozzi. This article is only available in print.
Four poems, titled “The Turnaround,” “Temperature Normal; Pulse, Respiration Satisfactory,” “Malkhamb,” and “Old Newspapers,” by Arum Kolatkar. This article is only available in print.
This piece contains “To the Consciousness of a Shooting Star” with two untitled watercolors. For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.
A painting of Enamel on chrome coat paper, titled Virtue and Village, from The Black Paintings, by Izhar Patkin. This article is only available in print.
A short story, titled “Whom No Hate Stirs None Dances,” by Bradford Morrow. This article is only available in print.
Two paintings of gesso and charcoal on canvas and oil on canvas, titled Winter in the Park, and Clock in the Rain, by Dona Nelson. This article is only available in print.
A short story, titled “X≠Y,” by Susan Daitch. This article is only available in print.