BOMB 118/Winter 2012
Artists Guillermo Gómez-Peña and Coco Fusco speak with Anna Johnson on shaking conceptions of ethnicity and identity in their seminal The Year of the White Bear.
Jeff Perrone chats with friend Roberto Juarez about his multi-paneled Indian-inspired ceramic and canvas paintings, and his struggle to find a niche as an “exotic structuralist” in the art world.
Photographer David Seidner talks to the master of sculpture, Richard Serra, whose work continues to be honored and comprehensively exhibited throughout the decades. Two of his sculptures will be on view at the Gagosian Gallery on Chelsea 10/27–12/23.
Artist Nancy Spero talks to Sue Williams about her “violent, cartoonish, explicit, voracious” paintings, influenced by past victimization and interpreted in a myriad of ways.
Sarah Schulman, author of Empathy, speaks of the separation of activism from writing and the consequences of being assigned a marginal identity.
Don Scardino tells actor pal Michael O’Keefe about escaping a dead-end acting career to become a director, and his battle to stay loyal to theater work while being wooed by offers in film and television.
Lawrence Chua and Neil Jordan discuss the sexual dynamics and undercurrents of Jordan’s film, The Crying Game, an “unruly narrative of colliding identities and troubling resonance set in contemporary London.”
Former firefighter acclaimed actor Steve Buscemi and auteur Quentin Tarantino discuss working with directors, Reservoir Dogs, and the perils of indie-movie success.
Director Walter Hill tells Larry Gross about filming his action movie Trespass and discusses the controversy surrounding it, insisting “This is not a movie about racial confrontation in the sense that the confrontation had nothing to do with race.”
Brazilian composer and musician Tom Zé made a comeback in 1990 with Massive Hits—The Best of Tom Zé. He speaks with David Byrne and Arto Lindsay upon the release of The Hips of Tradition (The Return of Tom Zé).
Theatrical director Ralph Lee talks with Charlie Ahearn about his involvement in the myths and legends of indigenous Americans (North, Central, and South) and the theater pieces he creates from their rich and varied stories.
Marker drawing by Dan Walsh. This article is only available in print.
Two photographs of Alix Lambert’s D.I.V.O.R.C.E. taken by Robert Melee and included in the New Performance portfolio. This article is only available in print.
A woman has a strange dream and analyzes it in great detail; “Dream Sequence,” an excerpt from the novel Kicking (1992, Secker & Warburg) by Leslie Dick. This article is only available in print.
Photograph by Robert Melee included in the New Performance portfolio. This article is only available in print.
Photograph of art students at work; New York Studio School, Drawing Marathon by Tina Barney. This article is only available in print.
A teenage girls talks boys and tries to pass her driving test; “Objects in Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear” by Jill Eisenstadt. This article is only available in print.
Untitled piece by Scott Grodesky. This article is only available in print.
A young African student steals fruit; “secrets” by Kelvin Christopher James. This article is only available in print.
Mica, ink, acrylic and oil on muslin painting,Seduction, by Marilla Palmer. This article is only available in print.
Poem, The ’80s, A Toad, and a six poem set, six short poems written with chicken pox by Mike Tyler. This article is only available in print.
Two photograms featuring imprints left by kittens on photographic paper. This article is only available in print.
Three photographs by Jennifer Sirey included in the New Performance portfolio. This article is only available in print.
Untitled photographs by Chuck Nanney included in the New Performance portfolio. This article is only available in print.
Two poems, “Please Don’t Take My Air Jordans” and “Thomas the Burnt English Muffin” by Reg E. Gaines. This article is only available in print.
“You Startin’ Wif Me” and “The Old Days” by Tracie Morris. This article is only available in print.
Two poems, “On A Visit Home” and “We All Need” by Peter Spiro. This article is only available in print.. This article is only available in print.
“It Can’t Be A Moonless Night If We’re On The Moon” and “I.Quatro” by Edwin Torres. This article is only available in print.
Two poems, “The Bones of Young Girls” and “Poem II for Anne Sexton” by Dael Olandersmith. This article is only available in print.
“Sex Goddess of the Western Hemisphere” and “Ingeborg: Mistress of the Dark” by Maggie Estep. This article is only available in print. This article is only available in print.
