BOMB 119/Spring 2012
Anish Kapoor and Ameena Meer discuss sex and death, subjectivity, and colors. Kapoor’s new work is on view now at Gladstone Gallery.
Betsy Sussler writes, “[Carroll] Dunham’s paintings cross the boundaries of taste, belching disorder in an experience of painting that is simultaneously accomplished and uncivilized.” Dunham has work at Gladstone Gallery through 12/5.
Jonathan Lasker’s paintings explore the dilemma of being a contemporary abstract painter. His 1989 paintings discussed in this article generate questions about the conscious and unconscious mind at work.
Sarah Charlesworth’s solo show opens May 7th at Susan Inglett. Her work is also featured in “The Pictures Generation” at the Met.
Fay Weldon believes that virtue makes boring fiction. As a result, her deliciously evil characters have brought her literary talents to both stage and screen.
Bad Behavior, Gaitskill’s literary debut, confronts taboos in 1980s New York City with both wit and precision. She discusses the collection and some of the taboos with artist and writer Stephen Westfall.
Atom Egoyan and Arsinee Khanjian on the languages of film and theater, our culture’s obsession with image, and their film Speaking Parts.
Filmmaker Jane Campion discusses relationships, dysfunctional families, and the nature of loneliness in the the context of her film, Sweetie.
Amos Poe talks to Richard Price about his status as the “best screenwriter in the country” and his affinity for cops in the midst of a “cop phase.”
Playwright Eduardo Machado talks with Stuart Spencer about life as an outsider, the art of theater as an exercise in effrontery, and the continual effort at achieving clarity despite the impossibility of final solutions.
Marlane Meyer discusses the defiance of expectation in life and art, framing the task of the playwright as the non-egotistical pursuit after loose-ended truth.
An article on the fashion of Katell le Bourhis, by BOMB Fashion Editor Elizabeth Cannon. This article is only available in print.
Fashion designer Sylvia Heisel discusses her spring collection and the state of ’90s fashion: a dichotomy between conservatism and a reactionary casualness.
A poem, titled “A Popular Myth,” by Michael O’Keefe. This article is only available in print.
A short story, titled Boulevard Solitude, by Novelist John Ash. This article is only available in print.
A short story, titled Max’s Notebook, by New York Poet and Screenwriter Guy Gallo. This article is only available in print.
A short story, titled Metes and Bounds, from a novel in progress, by New York writer Elisabeth Cunnick. This article is only available in print.
A short story, titled Peaceable Household, from a novel in progress by Amirh Bahati. This article is only available in print.
Two black-and-white self-portraits by Claudia Hart, labeled “The Spirit of Humanism” and “The Spirit of Marxism.” This article is only available in print.
A poem, titled “There’s No Knowing,” by Michael O’Keefe. This article is only available in print.
A short story, titled “Thirty Messages,” by Lance Olsen. This article is only available in print.
Three poems, titled “The Woman I Am With”, “A Popular Myth”, and “There’s No Knowing” by Michael O’Keefe. This article is only available in print.
A series of photographs including The Landscape, The Conversation, and more, by Tina Barney. This article is only available in print.
