If the soul and the ego were objects we could look at, the soul would be a translucent heart beating.
—
George Condo
Two Park Gates by R. M. Fischer
- 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
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R. M. Fischer, East Meets West, Rector Gate, Battery Park City, 1985–89, stainless steel, bronze, granite, and electric lights. © 1988 by Chris Callis. Inset: MacArthur Park Gate, Los Angeles, 1985. © 1988 by Richard Ross
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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.
