I find the idea that we write alone laughable, even egotistical. Poetry is a palimpsest that has been endlessly rewritten—it’s a social space we share with others.
—
Jen Bervin
Portfolio by Laura Bruce
- Milford Graves by Aakash Mittal
- Celeste Dupuy-Spencer by Katherine Cooper
- Meredith Monk and Jim Hodges
- Lucy Dodd by Rashid Johnson
- Branden Jacobs-Jenkins by Hilton Als
- Jlin by Jibade-Khalil Huffman
- Cate Giordano by Amy Ruhl
- Don Mee Choi and Christian Hawkey
- Friederike Mayröcker by Jonathan Larson
Interviews
- Tuli Kupferberg’s YEAH by Michael Blair
- Peter Funch’s 42nd and Vanderbilt by Gideon Jacobs
- Roland Kayn’s A Little Electronic Milky Way of Sound by Keith Fullerton Whitman
- Kate Briggs’s This Little Art by Carlos Fonseca
- Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme’s And Yet My Mask Is Powerful by Lynn Maliszewski
- Myriam Gurba’s Mean by Lauren LeBlanc
Editor’s Choice
Beam, 2017, graphite on paper, 40 × 27.5 inches. Images courtesy of the artist.
Twig, Leaf, Petal, 2015, graphite on paper, 61 × 44.5 inches.
After, 2017, graphite on paper, 40 × 27.5 inches.
Follow the Train Tracks, 2015, graphite on paper, 61 × 44.5 inches.
Lisa, 2017, graphite on paper, 40 × 27.5 inches.
Moth, 2016, graphite on paper, 61 × 44.5 inches.
Artist Laura Bruce was born in New Jersey and has lived in Berlin since 1990. Most recently, her work has been included in Passion: Fan Behavior and Art at the Ludwig Museum, Budapest, and small things:good things at Alexander Ochs Private, Berlin.
Related
Two drawings, Working Drawing and Jug and Dish, and two earthenware jug and dish sets by Andrew Lord.
Honoring the art-making process.
Originally published in
BOMB 142,
Winter 2018
Featuring interviews with Milford Graves, Celeste Dupuy-Spencer, Meredith Monk, Jim Hodges, Lucy Dodd, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Jlin, Cate Giordano, Don Mee Choi, Christian Hawkey, and Friederike Mayröcker.
