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
Portfolio by Jungjin Lee
- 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
From Unnamed Road, 2010–15, a series of photographs taken in Israel and Palestine.
Related
“We have to tell the truth in the image.”
Clifford Ross’s paintographs appear to be seascapes, sumptuous black and white reflections. They are this and more.
Contis explores the construction of myth, place, and masculine identity in the enduring imagery of the American West.
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.
