The black figure has always been a subject of entertainment in popular culture, as well as an image to sell things. In some ways, that’s how people relate to us—because they’ve seen us on television.
—
Derrick Adams
- John Patrick Shanley by Craig Gholson
- Sandra Bernhard by Gary Indiana
- Gregor Von Rezzori by Bruce Wolmer
- Richard Prince by Marvin Heiferman
- The Round Table Project: Part II by Saul Ostrow
Interviews
- Four Poems by Roberto Sosa
- Three Poems by Roque Dalton
- The Dogs by Burt Barr
- Four Poems by Claribel Alegría
- The Simplest Thing by Cookie Mueller
- Two Poems by Daniel Flores y Ascencio
- Shadow of Angels by Gary Indiana
- Seven Poems by Henrik Ibsen
- Twisted Intentions by Lynne Tillman
- Paulie Is Born by Michael Greenberg
First Proof
- Eagle Mound Earthworks, Newark, Ohio by Suzanne Williamson
- Elizabeth Cannon by Taro Suzuki
- Untitled by William Anastasi
- Two Photographs by Adam Fuss
- Playing on the Girls’ Team by Katherine Kreisher
- Untitled Photograph by Barbara Ess
- Standard Wait (silent C for MD) by Alan Scarritt
- John Galliano by Lynda Benglis
- Christian Lacroix by Billy Sullivan
- Classroom by Lynne Cohen
- Artists Choose Designers by Elizabeth Cannon
- Azzedine Alaïa by David Walter McDermott & Peter McGough
- Sally Beers (Umbrella Raincoat) and Yorke & Cole by Ray Smith
- Cristobal Balenciaga by David Seidner
- Fallingwater by Dennis Adams
- Yohiji Yamatoto by Robert Longo & Frank Okenfels
- Sixth Leaf by Sokhi Wagner
- Embrasure II by Georges Rousse
- David Mark Winfield by Susan Grayson
- Isaac Mizrahi, #104, 605, 200 (1988) by Suzan Etkin
- Kitchen Window with Corrall by James Casebere
- Charge II by Jane Dickson
More
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Lynda Benglis, John Galliano, 1988. Silver necklace by Lynda Benglis. Model: Patti Stoker. Photo by Cynthia Wolff.
Related
Isabel Toledo on designer Angel Estrada, including a photo shoot of the designers work by Susan Shacter.
Kimberly Carter on hat designer Lola Ehrlich.
Yohiji Yamatoto by Robert Longo with Frank Okenfels—from the Artists Choose Designers portfolio, where nine New York artists interpret the work of nine fashion designers.
Originally published in
BOMB 24,
Summer 1988
Richard Prince by Marvin Heiferman, Christian Lacroix, Sandra Bernhard by Gary Indiana, John Patrick Shanley, Gregor von Rezzori, Cristobal Balenciaga, and more.
