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
Taj by Tim Zuck
- Three Painters: April Gornik, Freya Hansell, and Susan Rothenberg by Betsy Sussler
- Paul Auster by Joseph Mallia
- Black-Eyed Susan by Kate Simon
- Jeanne-Pierre Gorin by Lynne Tillman
- The Round Table Project: Part I by Saul Ostrow
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- Precious In His Sight by M. E. Hughes
- Marlene by Mariarosa Sclauzero
- Family by Brad Gooch
- Horse Crazy by Gary Indiana
- Raucous Sun by Geneviève Letarte
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- The Zulu (European Version) by Robin Collyer
- The Statues by Andy Patton
- Toxic Imaging by Betty Beaumont
- Proper Fit by Nancy Johnson
- Blade Study by Philip Taaffe
- Untitled Drawing by Claudia Hart
- Not Being Born by Ross Bleckner
- Study for Axon by David Row
- Tableau with Beast & Pillars by Bernie Miller
- Taj by Tim Zuck
- Excerpts from a Description of the Universe by Tom Dean
- Canuck Canuck Who’s There (Toronto) by David Craven
- Leg of Mutton by Tony Scherman
- Two Pespectives by JoAnne Tod
- Four Sculptures by Wade Saunders
- Bad Faith-Yellow and Bad Faith-Blue by Will Gorlitz
- Untitled by Julian Lethbridge
- Two Works by Willy Heeks
- Untitled Sculpture (My Arms are Ready to Embrace the Universe with Love) by Ken Lum
- Untitled Painting by Al Taylor
- Fashion by José Arman-Pita
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Tim Zuck, Taj, 1985, oil on canvas, 32½ x 48 inches. Courtesy of Sable-Castelli.
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“How does it feel to be a problem? they say, I know an excellent colored man in my town; or, I fought at Mechanicsville; or, Do not these Southern outrages make your blood boil? To the real question, How does it feel to be a problem? I answer seldom a word.
Originally published in
BOMB 23,
Spring 1988
Paul Auster by Joseph Mallia, Black-Eyed Susan, Jeanne-Pierre Gorin, April Gornik, Freya Hansell & Susan Rothenberg.
