BOMB 113/Fall 2010
Before becoming known as the conceptual architect of the New Babylon, a utopian plan for the city of the future, Constant Nieuwenhuys had made his name as one of the most important painters of the CoBrA avant-garde movement.
Julie Mehretu’s sprawling, layered paintings unravel the constructs and conventions of our often violent environment. Lawrence Chua talks with Mehretu about the interstices among geography, architecture, language and media that her work articulates.
In The Seventh Beggar, Pearl Abraham has created a novel about the nature of storytelling beginning with Genesis. She takes us into a world that ranges from golems to robotics, mystical systems to artificial intelligence.
Robert Antoni’s first novel, Divina Trace, stunned the literary world winning the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Novel. Antoni continues to explore the voluptuous and volatile Caribbean and the legacy of its New World bloodlines.
Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa has made nearly 30 films, all of which have been seen by musician and producer Jim O’Rourke. Lesser known in the US than in Japan, his films are mesmerizing, visually stunning narratives with international relevance.
Legendary composer-improviser and saxophonist Roscoe Mitchell is best known for his work with the Art Ensemble of Chicago over the past several decades, where he continues to make breakthrough innovations and influence musicians around the world.
Portland native Brad Cloepfil is a busy man these days. With his firm, Allied Works Architecture, he is engaged in projects including the expansion of the Seattle Art Museum and the controversial renovation of Two Columbus Circle in New York.
The president and creative director of his own design firm and the force behind a range of interdisciplinary projects and partnerships, Bruce Mau speaks with Kathryn Simon about drift, vision and his unique studio environment.
Angus Cook on how Adam McEwan’s slight alterations to seemingly familiar objects seek to subvert “the dailyness of our lives.” This article is only available in print.
Christine Hill on how the frustrations, nuances and random occurrences of everyday life figure into the drawings of Danica Phelps. This article is only available in print.
BOMB architecture editor Carlos Brillembourg parses the varied subjects and themes of artist Guillermo Kuitca’s 1991 MoMA show.
Sculptor Tom Otterness meditates on Whitfield Lovell’s wood-grain drawings.
This First Proof contains the story “A Chinese Folktale.” For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.
This First Proof contains the poem “Contranatura.” Translated by Michael Dietz. For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.
This First Proof contains the story “In Love Blood Shall Follow.” For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.
This First Proof contains the story “Lake Hollywood.” For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.
This First Proof contains the story “Lou in the Moonlight.” For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.
This First Proof contains the poem “Octavio Paz Sees the Name Born.” Translated by Michael Dietz. For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.
This First Proof contains the story “Opening Her Text.” For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.
This First Proof contains the poems “Norma Shearer,” “Sunlight, Shadowlight,” and “A Poule at Pavillon.” For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.
This First Proof contains the poems “If you say it is, it is,” The Visionary from Apopka,” and “The Body Politic.” For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.
This First Proof contains the poems “In My Mother’s 1935 American College Dictionary,” “To a Small Postindustrial City,” and “Grand Duo.” For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.
