BOMB 118/Winter 2012
Shirin Neshat’s films transport us into a lyric portrayal of Muslim culture, a place closed to Westerners. Arthur C. Danto speaks with her about the feminine mystique, human identity and the effect postrevolutionary Iran has had on her life and work.
Vik Muniz practices the alchemy of transforming sugar, chocolate syrup, and any number of commonplace materials into art. He’s also featured in the award-winning documentary Waste Land, out now.
Javier Marías’s novel, A Heart So White, published in 1992, catapulted an author branded “difficult,” into a European literary phenomenon. Essayist Paul Ingendaay speaks with the Spanish writer about the nature of success.
Bell’s first volume of his trilogy on the Haitian Revolution, All Souls’ Rising, was one of the most fascinating reads of the ‘90s. His second, Master of the Crossroads, portrays Toussaint-Louverture as the most progressive leader of his day.
Michael Roth has written on Foucault, psychoanalysis and the French Hegelians, and curated the exhibition, Sigmund Freud: Conflict and Culture. Philosopher David Carrier and the author discuss the minds that formed 20th-century thought.
Karyn Kusama teams up with Diablo Cody for their Jennifer’s Body, in theaters 9/18. Read her 2000 interview with Bette Gordon when she’d just finished her first feature, Girlfight.
Fado was sung in the taverns and bordellos of Portugal at the end of the 19th century, then taken up by the aristocracy as a literary form. Mísia talks to musician Eugene Hütz about her interpretations of the song..
Copenhagen’s success was a surprise to the playwright: why would packed houses care to listen to three actors discussing physics? Copenhagen won the 2000 Tony Award and the Evening Standard Theatre Award in London, both for best play.
Carroll Dunham on Alan Turner’s difficult, fractured, “nonmodern” paintings of human body parts.
Betsy Sussler on Michael Zwack’s esoteric, lore-filled paintings.
Abby Goldstein details Pipilotti Rist’s strange life-size replica of a suburban home where something is not quite right.
This First Proof contains the poem “After Plato.” For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.
Boundaries is an overview of Maya Lin’s two-decade career as architect and monument designer.
This First Proof contains an excerpt from Sweet Hearts. For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.
This First Proof contains the one-act play The Final Interrogation of Ceauşescu’s Dog. For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.
This First Proof contains the story “The Prophet of Zongo Street.” For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.
This First Proof contains an excerpt from The Room Lit by Roses. For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.
This First Proof contains the poems “Basketball with the Methodists,” “Making Believe,” and “Signatures.” For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.
This First Proof contains the poems “Till Death Do Us Part” and “Habeas Corpus.” For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.
