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
Party on a Plain by Dona Nelson
- Abbijane by Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe
- Salman Rushdie by Ameena Meer
- Penny Arcade by Allen Frame
- Terry Kinney by Craig Gholson
- Michael Tetherow by Ellen Phelan
- Carmelo Pomodoro by Elizabeth Cannon
- Bill Barrette by Stephen Westfall
- Nancy Shaver by Stephen Westfall
- Alexander Kluge by Gary Indiana
- Polly Apfelbaum by Stephen Westfall
- James Nares by Betsy Sussler
- Dennis Cooper by Tim Guest
- Robert Greene by Klaus Kertess
Interviews
- Five Poems by Michael O'Brien
- Holy Pictures: Poem for Robert Mapplethorpe by Paul Schmidt
- Violet Hair: A Heideggerian Tragedy by William T. Vollmann
- Wheel of Fortune by Cheri Fein
- Excalibur by Dennis Potter
- Virago by Lorena Cassady
First Proof
- Impresse by Olivier Richon
- Two Drawings by William T. Wiley
- Painting to Order by Lucio Pozzi
- Learning about Women by Kenny Scharf
- Mats Gustavson by David Seidner
- Plethora by Joseph Nechvetal
- Party on a Plain by Dona Nelson
- Notes From Marseilles by Elenor Trifon
- Two Park Gates by R. M. Fischer
- Seated Figures and Two Poems by Jean-Michel Basquiat
- Two Works by Steve Keister
- Untitled Furniture Sculpture by John Armleder
More
Dona Nelson, Party on a Plain, 1988, charcoal and acrylic on canvas, 84 × 84 inches. Courtesy of Scott Hanson Gallery.
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MOLLY, MERCY, MADELINE,
MYRA, MAGGIE, MEREDITH,
MARLEY, MAGDA, MARGARET,
MINDY, MILLIE, MAGDALA,
MYRNA, MOIRA, MARIANNE,
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Originally published in
BOMB 27,
Spring 1989
Salman Rushdie, Polly Apfelbaum, Dennis Cooper, James Nares, Penny Arcade, Mats, Alexander Kluge, Robert Greene, Nancy Shaver, Abbijane, Terry Kinney, Michael Tetherow, Bill Barrette, and Carmelo Pomodoro.
