But the idea of transformation has always been something that I romanticize in a work. I’m cautious of it but I also need it to connect my thoughts with the process of making. That’s really important.
—
Nari Ward
- The Man In The Apple-Green Tie by Alison Armstrong
- Drapes by Barry Yourgrau
- Mr. Brown by Brad Gooch
- At Home With Drosselmeier by Coleman Dowell
- Everybody Wants Exposure by Duncan Smith
- Subrealism by Glenn O'Brien
- Boy Blowing Bubbles by Jacques Teboul
- Boyfriend by Lisa Blaushild
- Gargoyle by Patrick McGrath
- Helen Changes by Peter Cherches
- Three Stories by R Bartkowech
- Four Stories by Roberta Allen
First Proof
- Flam Paradiddle by James Nares
- Untitled Photograph by John Coplans
- Judith by Gustav Klimt
- The Dark Room by Keiko Bonk
- Two Photographs by Tom Jenkins
- Oxydation gruner Fensterrahmen, Spetse by Holger Trulzsch & Vera Lehndorff
- Untitled Photograph by Laurie Simmons
- Two Paintings by Mark Tansey
- Untitled Paragraph by Alan Scarritt
- Domestic Ritual Series by Mary Frey
- Innenraum by Anselm Kiefer
- Untitled Painting by Melissa Miller
- Two Paintings by Bill Rice
- From the Meji Series by David Walter McDermott & Peter McGough
- The Sun Journey by Patrick Naggar
- Untitled Painting by Peter Schuyff
- Stephen, Clarrissa, and Klaus; Area by Billy Sullivan
- Bedevil, Bewitch, Voodoo, Hoodoo by Carolee Thea
- Untitled (Girlfriends) by Richard Prince
- Bus Series by Cindy Sherman
- From Slides of a Changing Painting by Robert Gober
- Repro by Colin Lee
- Philosophy by Robert Hawkins
- In Fear of Glamorous Women by David Craven
- ¡Viva! by Robin Winters
- Delia Doherty and Corey Tippin’s Total Beauty in Three Acts by Bill Cunningham
- Lemon, April 5,1984 by Donald Sultan
- Hand Game by Sandro Chia
- Sisters by Eric Fischl
- Untited Painting by Ernst Trawöger
- Big Wheel by Sean Elwood
- One Phase of the Moon by Freya Hansell
- Couple Embrace After Losing Everything by Stephen Lack
- Two Sculptures by Steve Wood
More
Mary Frey, Women and Luncheon, from the Domestic Ritual Series 1978–1983.
Mary Frey, Man Pouring Wine, from the Domestic Ritual Series, 1978–1983.
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A social-practice artist talks about working with painting and photography.
An artist working with FBI surveillance materials.
Installations and photographs that investigate the self and consumerism.
Originally published in
BOMB 10,
Fall 1984
María Irene Fornés, Jeff Weiss, art by Cindy Sherman, Billy Sullivan, Robert Gober, Laurie Simmons, and more.
