BOMB 119/Spring 2012
Painter Ross Bleckner discusses the various representations, transformations and meanings of light in Adam Fuss’s world, translated into his intense photographs.
Two works by Arch Connelly, who’s new work is on view now at LaMaMa La Galleria through April 8.
Hedda Sterne’s artistic career spans the 20th Century art history books. She first exhibited with the Surrealists in Paris and immigrated to America becoming an integral part of the Rothko, Pollock, Newman circle.
This interview between artist Terry Winters and poet Bob Holman begins with a poem by Holman and ends with ruminations on the beauty inherent in words and paintings.
Emma Tennant is a self-described femenist author from Britain. Tennant is well known for using existing texts for inspiration and then adapting these stories, such as Stevenson’s Jekyll and Hyde, in a contemporary and relatable manner.
Kim Wozencraft, convicted felon and author, talks to Jill Eisenstadt about her experiences in prison and as an undercover cop.
Sheila Bosworth discusses her fear of sentimentality, the influence of the anonymous “person who stands behind her chair,” and the weaknesses and strengths embodied by the Southern women who pervade her novels.
Since his role as Tyrone “Clean” Miller in Apocalypse Now at age 14, Laurence Fishburne’s career has only progressed. He talks with fellow actor Michael O’Keefe about his experience as a young actor.
If movies are Todd Graff’s “vehicle to explore” genre and style, he certainly gets his mileage from the media with surprisingly diverse projects in acting and writing screenplays.
Tom DiCillo speaks with Bette Gordon on directing his first film, Johnny Suede, and being one of the first to discover Brad Pitt and Catherine Keneer.
Up for experimental theater? Try the Cucaracha Theatre company. Drama, death, dreams—they go there in conversation with Betsy Sussler.
Two men shoot dope together, “Bill’s Place” by Michael Massee. This article is only available in print.
An author takes a respite to write a crime novel, “Cast in Doubt” by Lynne Tillman. This article is only available in print.
Collage by John Spinks. This article is only available in print.
A couple retires and moves to Maine, “Human Nature” by Harry Kondoleon. This article is only available in print.
Photo-essay by Marcus Schubert of architecture brut with introduction by Andrew MacNair. This article is only available in print.
An opera consisting mainly of dialog between singers and musicians about music and other topics, “Orpheus In Love” by Craig Lucas. This article is only available in print.
Several orb-like objects made from glass, silicone, cork and wax, Protoplasmic Alphabet by Jill Reynolds. This article is only available in print.
Obscured gelatin silver print photograph with dye transfer, Radio Rain by Todd Watts. This article is only available in print.
Two drawings, one tempera on diptych panels (Inner Hoodlum) and one chalk and graphite on paper (Bad Day) by Rebecca Howland. This article is only available in print.
Four odes to past romances who share their names with characters from popular songs, “To Some of the Girls I’ve Ever Loved Before” by Glenn O’Brien. This article is only available in print.
Two abstract paintings, one oil on canvas (Untitled) and one watercolor, gouache and pencil on paper (Untitled (Mexico)) by George Negroponte. This article is only available in print.
Two photo diptychs La Chambre Nois and Psycho Church?? by Seton Smith. From the project Les gens qui Attendent and Things from Down Under. This article is only available in print.
A woman ponders her family’s past of adulterous sex and the holocaust, “Unclear Medicine” by Lily Brett. This article is only available in print.
