BOMB 119/Spring 2012
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.
Lithograph, screen print, collage and stencil piece on a folding, five panel screen of a table set for tea, Caribbean Tea Time by David Hockney. This piece appears in the portfolio The Folding Screen, curated by Ursula Helman.
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.
Three panel folding screen of bronze and prints, Gateway 8/12 by Helen Frankenthaler. This piece appears in the portfolio The Folding Screen, curated by Ursula Helman.
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.
Oil painting on nine wood panels, La Combe II by Ellsworth Kelly. This piece appears in the portfolio The Folding Screen, curated by Ursula Helman.
Acrylic paintings on canvas of various aspects of nature mounted on a folding screen of five wood panels, Landscape Screen (Sky, Sun, Grass, Snow, Rainbow). This piece appears in the portfolio The Folding Screen, curated by Ursula Helman.
Watercolor painting on a folding screen of four panels of paper, Paravent by Francesco Clemente. This piece appears in the portfolio The Folding Screen, curated by Ursula Helman.
Five standing lacquered wood panels in relief, Remember and Forget by Ed Ruscha. This piece appears in the portfolio The Folding Screen, curated by Ursula Helman.
Six panels of painted wood with holes cut in, Screen by Lucas Samaras. This piece appears in the portfolio The Folding Screen, curated by Ursula Helman.
Five paneled screen, lacquered wood in relief with silver leaf, Screen with Brushstrokes by Roy Lichtenstein. This piece appears in the portfolio The Folding Screen, curated by Ursula Helman.
Enamel on a folding screen of two aluminum panels, Tabriz by Jack Youngerman. This piece appears in the portfolio The Folding Screen, curated by Ursula Helman.
Section titled “The Folding Screen,” curated by Ursula Helman featuring folding screen works by Ed Ruscha, Lucas Samaras, Helen Frankenthaler, and Jennifer Bartlett among others.
Enamel painting on a folding screen of seven mahongany panels, To The Island by Jennifer Bartlett. This piece appears in the portfolio The Folding Screen, curated by Ursula Helman.
“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.
Isabel Toledo on designer Angel Estrada, including a photo shoot of the designers work by Susan Shacter. This article is only available in print.
Kimberly Carter on hat designer Lola Ehrlich. 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.
A story by Angélica Gorodischer, translated by Marguerite Feitlowitz, accompanying a conversation between Gorodischer and Feitlowitz, as part of the Argentine Writers series. This content is only available in print.
Two geographically separated lovers reunite, “Atlantis” by Liza Bear. This article is only available in print.
Artwork by Allan McCollum, 1988–90, pencil, 14 × 9½ inches. This content is only available in print.
