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
New York Collections Preview: Spring/Summer 1988 by Zachy Sherif
- Julian Barnes by Patrick McGrath
- James Rosenquist by Mary Ann Staniszewsk
- Richard Greenberg by Craig Gholson
- Diane Kurys by Bette Gordon
- Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe by David Shapiro
- In Her Own Voice by Saul Ostrow
Interviews
- Return to Sender by Klaus Kertess
- The Colorist by Susan Daitch
- Executrix by Barry Yourgrau
- Five Poems by Charles Culhane
- A Poem in Two Homes by Eileen Myles
- Borrowed Times by Gary Indiana
- The Hilt by Gordon Lish
First Proof
- Lovers by Adam Fuss
- Mont Sainte Victoire by Mark Tansey
- Inventory by Suzan Etkin
- The Telescope with its lenses had swallowed the stars by Fariba Hajamadi
- Artistic Anatomy by Tyler Turkle
- Two Paintings by Meyer Vaisman
- Dystopia by Orshi Drozdik
- New York Collections Preview: Spring/Summer 1988 by Zachy Sherif
- Two Works by Philip Galgiani
- Site of the First Self-sustaining Controlled Nuclear Chain Reaction December 2, 1942; Chicago, Illinois by James Welling
- Matisse and Laura Ashley Border by Jane Kaplowitz
- Untitled (After Alexander Rodchenko 4) by Sherrie Levine
More
Sylvia Heisel’s draped silk chiffon slip dress. Silver Cuffs by M&J SAVITT. Model: Claudja.
NORMA KAMALI’S white embroidered silk opera coat. MODEL Dovanna at ICE REPRESENTS.
Angel Estrada’s turquoise criss-cross silk evening dress. Models: Ella at ICE REPRESENTS, George Hanson at MEN.
L’zinger’s “GO-SILK” black silk jumpsuit, sterling silver and crystal pendant by MARIO SALVUCCI. Model: Thomas Bohan at CLICK.
L’zinger’s “GO-SILK” black silk knit sweater and pants. Suede loafers by Cole-Haan. Model: George Hanson at MEN.
Morisane’s all cotton band collar shirt. Watch by GENIUS DILETTANTE-SHOWROOM SEVEN. Model: George Handon at MEN.
Shoes by Roger Vivier. Model: Phillip Anthony at CLICK.
L’zinger’s “GO-SILK” cream silk trench on Claudja, long silk T on Thomas and short sleeved T on Nicole McDonnel, necklace by M&J Savitt.
All photos by M. Sherif. Art direction by Peidad Palencia with fashion direction by Zachy Sherif.
Related
Elizabeth Cannon on the fashion designer great granddaughter of Sigmund Freud, Bella Freud.
Silver necklace by Lynda Benglis and model Patti Stoker—from the Artists Choose Designers portfolio, where nine New York artists interpret the work of nine fashion designers.
Originally published in
BOMB 21,
Fall 1987
James Rosenquist, Julian Barnes by Patrick McGrath, Diane Kurys, Richard Greenberg, and Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe.
