BOMB 124/Summer 2013
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BOMB 124/Summer 2013

Martina Núñez reading texts by Alexandro Rodríguez that interweave probable tragic events and Mexican recent history in Wendy León, TLQNSDEP, 2011, at La galería de comercio, Mexico City.

ABRAHAM CRUZVILLEGAS by Haegue Yang

Cruzvillegas discusses his most recent installation and how his experiences as a citizen of Mexico fuel the unstable, contradictory nature of his sculptures.

(BOMB 124/Summer 2013, ART...
Constellation and Habitat of the Hydrospatial City, 1973, acrylic and light, 43 5/16 27 5/8×3 7/8 inches.

GYULA KOSICE by Lyle Rever and Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro

Visionary artist and poet Gyula Kosice on how he has tried to reconcile “the language of the diction” and “the language of form, volume, and the kinetic.”

(BOMB 124/Summer 2013, ART...
Serious Snack, 2011, acrylic on canvas, 36×48 inches.

HOPE GANGLOFF by Yuri Masnyj

Gangloff—whose exaggerated characters are influenced by her experiences at Cooper Union in the ‘90s—and former classmate Yuri Masnyj discuss Gangloff’s new portrait subjects.

(BOMB 124/Summer 2013, ART...

JOANNE GREENBAUM by Jeremy Sigler

Greenbaum on the fundamentally personal and private process of creating art, and how modernism, rage and rebellion fuel her creativity.

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FIONA MAAZEL by Justin Taylor

Fiona Maazel on her second novel, Woke Up Lonely, and how its apocalyptic themes of loneliness and emotional isolation are reflected in its unique, fractured structure.

(BOMB 124/Summer 2013, LITERATURE...

PHILLIP LOPATE by Shifra Sharlin

Phillip Lopate has had a good year, publishing To Show and To Tell: The Craft of Literary Nonfiction and Portrait Inside My Head. He spoke with Sharlin about humor, honesty, and his identity as a native New Yorker.

(BOMB 124/Summer 2013, LITERATURE...

DAVID GRUBBS by C. Spencer Yeh

Musician and composer David Grubbs collaborates with improvisatory artists—including C. Spencer Yeh—to attain an unrepeatable quality on his new album, The Plain Where The Palace Stood.

(BOMB 124/Summer 2013, MUSIC...

RICHARD THOMPSON by Keith Connolly

Fairport Convention helped to bring traditional music into British folk rock back in the ‘60s. Connolly traces Thompson’s evolving style from his Fairport days to his latest solo album, Electric.

(BOMB 124/Summer 2013, MUSIC...
Detail of The Siege, 2008-9, mixed media, dimensions variable, Kunsthalle Basel.

LUCY SKAER by William Corwin

Lucy Skaer’s conceptual mixed media installations explore teleological reasoning in contemporary form.

(BOMB 124/Summer 2013, ARTISTS ON ARTISTS...
Putting Up a Fight, 2012, C print, 29 3/10 x 36 3/5 inches.

NADJA BOURNONVILLE by Zoe Beloff

Zoe Beloff on the presence of hysteria in Nadja Bournonville’s photography.

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FOUR POEMS by Leslie Shipman

This First Proof contains four poems by Leslie Shipman.

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PORTFOLIO by Susan Bee

A portfolio of work by artist Susan Bee.

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SHE WILL BE FLESH by Dylan Landis

This First Proof contains the story “She Will Be Flesh” by Dylan Landis.

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TWO POEMS by Tomaž Šalamun

This First Proof contains two poems by Tomaž Šalamun.

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TWO STORIES by Thomas Israel Hopkins

This First Proof contains two stories by Thomas Israel Hopkins.

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WITH MY DOG-EYES by Hilda Hilst

This First Proof contains the story “With My Dog-Eyes” by Hilda Hilst, translated from Portuguese by Adam Morris.

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FROM THE BOTTOM by Betsy Andrews

This First Proof contains an excerpt from The Bottom by Betsy Andrews.

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FROM LESS THAN ONE, MORE THAN ONE by Jen Hofer

This First Proof contains an excerpt from less than one, more than one by Jen Hofer.

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FREDI CASCO

A selection of photographs from Operación Condor, a series of military operations in South America, the site of Graham Greene’s Travels with my Aunt (1969).

(BOMB 124/Summer 2013, BOMB SPECIFIC...
Untitled #7, 2011-12, from the “Cars” series, archival inkjet prints, 8 1/2×11 inches.

PAOLA FERRARIO

A portfolio of work by artist artist Paola Ferrario.

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ABOVE AND BELOW: GORDON MATTA-CLARK by Lytle Shaw

Lytle Shaw on Gordon Matta-Clark’s exploration of light, air, and latent spaces in Conical Intersect (1976).

(BOMB 124/Summer 2013, EDITOR'S CHOICE...

CITY OF ANGELS OR, THE OVERCOAT OF DR. FREUD by Larissa Zimberoff

Christa Wolf’s final book explores the collapse of physical and psychological borders in post-Cold War Germany.

(BOMB 124/Summer 2013, EDITOR'S CHOICE...

FILL THE VOID by Liza Béar

Fill the Void, the first feature film by Israeli writer-director Rama Burshtein, tells the story of an ultra-Orthodox Hassidic community with compassion, sensitivity and humor.

(BOMB 124/Summer 2013, EDITOR'S CHOICE...

IRIS HAS FREE TIME by Frederic Tuten

Iris Has Free Time, a debut novel by Iris Smyles, combines quixotic zeal with humor and honesty.

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TABBOO!: THE ART OF STEPHEN TASHJIAN by Sean Mellyn

A new book, Tabboo!: The Art of Stephen Tashjian, documents Tashjian’s 20-plus years of work in the changing New York art scene.

(BOMB 124/Summer 2013, EDITOR'S CHOICE...

VIOLETA WENT TO HEAVEN by Cecilia Vicuña

Cecilia Vicuña on how Violeta Parra, the subject of Andrés Wood’s new film, Violeta Went to Heaven, changed the way she understood Chilean sound.

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