BOMB 123/Spring 2013
Elliott Green on how idealism drives David Humphrey to paint landscapes with features that just don’t seem to go together.
Sol LeWitt bridged the gap between Minimalism and Conceptualism, foregrounding the disparity between the world of language and that of objects and actions.
Vera Lutter’s camera obscura photographs trace a history of light and architecture in urban, industrial and transportation hubs. Traces of people, planes, blimps and clouds exist like ghosts in these panels of space and time.
Novelist McGrath and actress/director Aitken speak to Edward St. Aubyn at the time his Some Hope was published. The final entry in St. Aubyn’s harrowing, hilarious cycle, At Last, is out now.
Set in Egypt, Rikki Ducornet’s latest novel, Gazelle, revolves around sensuality and sexuality, war games and chess, and the ancient sciences of perfumery and mummification.
Gina Gershon joins John Stamos in a production of Bye Bye Birdie at the Henry Miller’s Theater starting 9/10. She talks about channeling her inner rock goddess for the film Prey for Rock and Roll in this 2003 interview.
New York hip-hop musician and producer El-P has redefined (and willfully dismissed) the conventions of that genre, resulting in years of groundbreaking recording and producing. His 2002 solo debut, Fantastic Damage, was a landmark album.
Suzanne Farrell was both George Balanchine’s muse and his collaborator in expanding the possibilities of ballet through experimentation and invention. Here Farrell shares stories from the Balanchine years and observations on dance with poet Emily Fragos.
Artists on Artists: Nell McClister, former BOMB Magazine Senior Editor, reviews Mark Dion’s 12-year restrospective which was held in 2003 at the Aldrich Museum in Connecticut.
Deven Golden on how Mark Lombardi’s fascination with political conspiracy inspires his elegant pencil on paper flow charts.
Joe Fyfe on the way in which Tran Luong’s political history inspires healing in his work. Luong is a participant in the Guggenheim’s No Country, a survey of Southeast Asian art, on view now.
Photographer Clifford Ross writes about his Wave Music project—the methods and equipment he uses as well as the philosophical underpinnings driving his work.
Screenwriter and playwright Jon Robin Baitz is the author of the award-winning play Three Hotels, among many others. His new play Other Desert Cities, is at the Lincoln Center Theater through February 27th.
This First Proof contains the story “A Latin from Manhattan.” For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.
This First Proof contains the story “Coda.” For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.
This First Proof contains the story “Excellence.” For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.
This First Proof contains the poems “Vivarium,” “I Do Not Sleep For Sleep Is Like The Wind And Trees Amazed,” “The Promise of Cream,” and “Between Toast and Apples (Seduction).” For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.
This First Proof contains the story “Incognito with My Brother.” For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.
This First Proof contains four poems from The Fatalist. For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.
This First Proof contains the poems “Orzoura” and “I, Osiris.” For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.
This First Proof contains the poems “IV (musiklexicon)” and “V (accidentien).” Translated by Anne Twitty. For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.
This First Proof contains the poems “The Unintentional Thief” and “Carnival.” For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.
