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.
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Nari Ward
Portfolio by Suha Traboulsi
- Roe Ethridge by Tim Griffin
- Angie Keefer and Liz Magic Laser
- Antonio Campos and Robert Greene by Nicholas Elliott
- China Miéville by Paul La Farge
- Michael Palmer and Rosmarie Waldrop
- Becca Blackwell by Jim Fletcher
- Lynda Benglis by Federica Bueti
- Laura Kurgan by Noah Chasin
Interviews
- Portfolio by Suha Traboulsi
- from The Selected Works of Abdullah (the Cossack) by H. M. Naqvi
- Fanny’s Lament (More Experimental Animals) by Thalia Field
- Castaways in Paradise | “Passing Through: None” by Sun Yung Shin
- Two Texts by Maxwell Paparella
- Two Poems by Michael Palmer
- Two Poems by Frances Richard
- Three Poems by Rosmarie Waldrop
- Con Auto Gens by Laura Elrick
- The Swede by Ernesto Cardenal
- Three Legends by Maria Fusco
- Portfolio by Jungjin Lee
First Proof
- How to Tell a Story by John Menick
Project
- Aki Sasamoto’s Delicate Cycle by David Everitt Howe
- Jibade-Khalil Huffman’s STANZA by Thom Donovan
- Ellen Cantor’s Magical Thinking by Nicola Tyson
Artists on Artists
- Donald Judd Writings by Maika Pollack
- Larissa Pham’s Fantasian by Ben Fama
- Big Star’s Complete Third by Andrew Hultkrans
- Terence Davies’s A Quiet Passion by Tan Lin
- Alan Reid’s Warm Equations by Ted Dodson
- Edmundo Paz-Soldán’s Norte by Jacqueline Loss
- Roger Lewinter’s Story of Love in Solitude and The Attraction of Things by K. Thomas Kahn
Selections
- End Page by Jessie Stead
End Page
But translated by anonymous I, 2016, color photograph. Images courtesy of the artist.
In memoriam: Marwan Kassab Bachi (1934–2016).
Kassab Bachi, one of the most prolific Arab painters, has never exhibited in the Arts Club of Chicago. Yet three of his drawings were found on the backs of three framed artworks in the club’s storage. It remains unclear whether these were drawn by Marwan himself or by an anonymous friend, admirer, backer, critic, defamer, or other.
But translated by anonymous II, 2016, color photograph.
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In advance of the next installment of his extensive history of New York City, Wallace expounds on the pivotal early years of the twentieth century.
Ville Kumpulainen is a photographer living and working in Helsinki, Finland. In his new book, Out of Sight (Hatje Cantz, 2017), Kumpulainen manipulates archival images to solidify the tenuous connection between present and past, attempting to fill the gaps left between himself and his history.
Featuring selections by Justin Taylor, Shelly Oria, Mary Walling Blackburn, Kevin Killian, Barry Schwabsky, John Freeman, and more.
Originally published in
BOMB 138,
Winter 2017
Featuring interviews with Lynda Benglis, Roe Ethridge, Becca Blackwell, Antonio Campos, Robert Greene, Angie Keefer, Liz Magic Laser, Laura Kurgan, China Miéville, Michael Palmer, and Rosmarie Waldrop.
