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.
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Derrick Adams
Page of Signs by Marilyn Lerner
- Roni Horn by Mimi Thompson
- Isabel Toledo by Elizabeth Cannon
- Craig Lucas by Billy Hopkins
- Guy Gallo by Betsy Sussler
- Gary Indiana by Max Blagg
- John Ford Noonan by Stuart Spencer
- David Kapp by Georgia Marsh
- Mary Ellen Mark by Allen Frame
- Richard Edson by Lynn Geller
- Roland Legiardi-Laura by Bob Holman
- Bobbie Ann Mason by Craig Gholson
- Patrick McGrath by Bradford Morrow
Interviews
- Kunyenyeza Ezikhotheni (Voices In The Wilderness) by Duma Ndloru
- Three Poems by Frank M. Chipasula
- Between Planes by Jon Robin Baitz
- Two Poems by Keith Adams
- A Dedication for H. J. B. by Amelia Blossomhouse
- Another Winter by Klaus Kertess
- Sidewinder by Liza Béar
- Her Story With Mine by David Means
- Three Poems by Rashidah Ismaili
- Four Poems by Waithira Mbuthia (Karanja)
First Proof
Marilyn Lerner, Page of Signs, 1988, oil pastel on paper, 47 × 34 inches. Courtesy of John Good Gallery.
Related
Two oil pastel on canvas works, Bois Chenu (Jeanne La Pucelle) and Itzam Na T’UI by Dan Asher.
Charcoal and pastel drawing on paper, Acedia by Michelle Zalopany.
Originally published in
BOMB 28,
Summer 1989
Featuring interviews with Patrick McGrath, Craig Lucas, Mary Ellen Mark, Isabel Toledo, Guy Gallo, Gary Indiana, David Kapp, Bobbie Ann Mason, Roland Legiardi-Laura, John Ford Noonan, Roni Horn, and Richard Edson.
