BOMB 111/Spring 2010
ON NEWSSTANDS NOW
ON NEWSSTANDS NOW
The joy of flesh, femininity, and pleasure flow from the hands of Alain Kirili into his abstract sculptures creating a suggestive and tactile experience for the audience.
Blue Man Group, three individuals making one collective whole, delves into their sociopolitical reasoning for using Cap’n Crunch cereal as a musical instrument.
Jeanne Silverthorne is a New York based sculptress who works re-contextualizing primitive and iconic works of art to challenge dominant ideology. See her work at Shoshana Wayne Gallery through 1/9.
“Life here is surreal” writes science fiction author Angélica Gorodischer in a letter to Marguerite Feitlowitz. Here she discusses the writing life in a time and place where independent thinkers face the risk of anything from torture to death.
Griselda Gambaro talks to Marguerite Feitlowitz about the pressures of writing under an oppressive government regime in Argentina.
Mark Leyner’s prose is steeped in American pop culture and Burroughsesque descriptions of the grosser aspects of human behavior. Amanda Meer warns against reading them at the dinner table.
Upon the release of Reversal of Fortune, Barbet Schroeder’s film about Claus and Sonny Von Bulow, he speaks to Bette Gordon about the many meanings and incarnations of evil, and the “dramatic possibilities” of fiction.
Ed Lachman continues to work as a cinematographer with some of our era’s most visionary directors. His perceptive eye and earnest voice are a welcome departure from an industry overshadowed by greed and consumerism.
At the hands of Filmmaker Percy Adlon, ordinary events are transformed into colorful cinematic adventures. With the help of actress and muse, Marianne Saegbrecht, his story Rosalie Goes Shopping is brought to life on the silver screen.
Volker Schlondorff has made a name for himself adapting the works of literary giants like Proust, Grass, and Atwood. He speaks with Claudia Steinberg on the eve of German Reunification.
From ridiculous phone messages, to vacuums that are ex-lovers, to waitresses who withhold food from customers, Deb Margolin’s plays are absurdly funny.
Richard Nelson has adapted Lolita into a 90-minute monologue for the National Theater in London.
Short piece on designer Angel Estrada by Isabel Toledo, including several photographs of models wearing his work by Susan Shacter. This article is only available in print.
Short piece on hat designer Lola Ehrlich by Kim Carter. This article is only available in print.
Excerpts from “An Evening in Paris” about two young Muslim characters by Ameena Meer. This article is only available in print.
Two geographically separated lovers reunite, “Atlantis” by Liza Bear. This article is only available in print.
Lithograph, screen print, collage and stencil piece on a folding, five panel screen of an empty table at tea time, Caribbean Tea Time by David Hockney. This article is only available in print.
Large rorschach test-like pencil drawing, Drawing by Allan McCollum. This article is only available in print.
Five photographs, Legs, Paris, Nude Study I, Paris, ESNA, Egyptian Stomach, Nude Study III, Paris and Nymphenburg, Black Pool by Erica Lennard. Portfolio assembled by April Gornik. This article is only available in print.
Three panel bronze and print piece, Gateway 8/12 by Helen Frankenthaler. This article is only available in print.
Oil painting on nine wood panels, La Combe II by Ellsworth Kelly. This article is only available in print.
Acrylic on canvas painting of various aspects of nature mounted on five wood panels, Landscape Screen (Sky, Sun, Grass, Snow, Rainbow) by Jim Dine. This article is only available in print.
Watercolor painting on four panels of paper of two human figures in varying stages of nudity, Paravent by Francesco Clemente. This article is only available in print.
Five standing lacquered wood in relief panels, Remember and Forget by Ed Ruscha. This article is only available in print.
Short story featured Argentinian military and political figure Juan Person as a character, “Rio Bang Bang” by Matias Viegner. This article is only available in print.
Five acrylic, charcoal and gilded paper on linen paintings by Roberto Juarez. Portfolio assembled by Edward Albee. This article is only available in print.
Four poems, “Picasso,” “Like Breath At Your Ear,” “The Accident” and “The Lover of Fruit Trees” by Robin Becker. This article is only available in print.
Six panels of painted wood with holes cut in, Screen by Lucas Samaras. This article is only available in print.
Silver leaf painting on five panels of lacquered wood in relief, Screen with Brushstrokes by Roy Lichtenstein. This article is only available in print.