BOMB 119/Spring 2012
Two black and white photographs titled Allegory of Bad Times and Allegory of the Horn of Plenty from the Allegories of the Stock Exchange series. These photographs appear in the portfolio Glossolaia by Sarah Charlesworth and Barbara Kruger.
Jimmy DeSana’s iconic investigations in the sensual and humorous performance of everyday objects finds a coat hanger strategically placed between two figures.
A still image from the filmmaker Ericka Beckman exploring her subject of games with a picture of a ferris wheel by the crashing waves. This photograph appears in the portfolio Glossolaia, organized by Sarah Charlesworth and Barbara Kruger.
From photographing the New York artists of the ’60s and ’70s to capturing the streets of Cuba and El Salvador, Gianfranco Gorgoni speaks to Betsy Sussler about his move to photo-journalism and subsequent responsibility of bearing witness.
Sarah Charlesworth and Barbara Kruger compile quotations and photographs that explore concepts inherent to photography as art.
A quintessential Casebere photograph exploring architecture and its ruin. This photograph appears in the portfolio Glossolaia, organized by Sarah Charlesworth and Barbara Kruger.
Photographer Mary Mhoon speaks with Allen Frame about how she found photography through the lens of the vintage Diana camera.
A surreal photograph by Laurie Simmons questions the representation of performance and stage. This photograph appears in the portfolio Glossolaia, organized by Sarah Charlesworth and Barbara Kruger.
A greige and white abstraction by James Welling conjuring landscape. This photograph appears in the portfolio Glossolaia, organized by Sarah Charlesworth and Barbara Kruger.
Cindy Sherman photograph capturing one of her many guises. This photograph appears in the portfolio Glossolaia, organized by Sarah Charlesworth and Barbara Kruger.
This photograph appears in the portfolio Glossolaia, organized by Sarah Charlesworth and Barbara Kruger.
Cookie Mueller and the “quick” theater mastermind H.M. Koutoukas, on why playwriting is less “brutal” than prose, and the excitement of bombing a theatre.
Betsy Sussler grills playwright James McLure on his interpretations of Americana.
Renowned playwright and novelist James Purdy dismisses small-town life and the New York “pygmies who rule literature,” among other things, in this delightfully cantankerous conversation with Allen Frame.
JoAnne Akalaitis discusses the history of Mabou Mines, the avant-garde theater company, and her various projects.
The prolific Joan Tewkesbury (best known for writing the screenplays for Nashville and Thieves Like Us), and David Seidner, engage in a pre-dinner chat about her varied career as a dancer, writer, and director.
Character is everything for Maria Duval. She speaks with Suzanne Mallouk about her fluctuating sense of self as a versatile collection of personalities.
Using their own lives as an interpretive key, Nightshift theater group members break from the influence of American and English techniques in what they call the new stage of “para-theater.”
Two men of the stage: Kabuki master Onoe Kuroemon II speaks with musician and composer Robert Aaron about a life in the traditional Kabuki Theater.
Comedian Rockets Redglare knew from an early age that he wanted to be a night person. Hanging out is essential to his approach to connecting with his audience.
“478” is a short story of legacy, color, and the creation of the Greek gods and the planets by David Seidner accompanied by 12 of his photographs. This article is only available in print.
Photograph by Alan Kleinberg of a child seated amongst wooden benches. The image accompanies the text “Umarla Klasa” (The Dead Class) by Tadeusz Kantor. This article is only available in print.
Untitled black and white photograph by Bill Costa. This article is only available in print.
Two photographs of brothers in Havana and Brooklyn in 1955. This article is only available in print.
A black and white photograph of several women and children in costume, Caribe Festival, by Jacki Ochs. This article is only available in print.
Full page of altered photograph and caption text, Cathexsis 48 by Joseph Kosuth. This article is only available in print.
Excerpts from Scenes II and IV of Susan Landau’s Fiction Music Theatre play Cathode Cruel exploring psychology and sexuality. This article is available only in print.
Six black and white photographs depicting China, rural and urban. This article is only available in print.
Collage of two photographs of female nudes attached to a handwritten note. This article is only available online.
A photograph of two young members of the American navy, Flagday, by Gregory Lawrence Lehman. This article is only available in print.
