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.
—
Derrick Adams
Two Photographs by Francesca Woodman
- Three Poems by Mutsuo Takahashi
- Five Poems by Ryûsei Hasegawa
- A Pathetic Waltz by Gary Indiana
- Two Poems by Gary Lisz
- Four Poems by Gozo Yoshimasu
- New Jersey Days, Nautical Nights by Joan Harvey
- Three Poems by John Giorno
- Naming Names by Klaus Kertess
- Four Poems by Kazuko Shiraishi
First Proof
- Two Photographs by Francesca Woodman
- Artemis II (detail) by Nancy Spero
- Blue Figure/Woman with Clothes Blowing in Wind by Gregory Botts
- Two Sculptures by Jeff Koons
- Two Photographs by Alan Belcher
- Two Works by John Baldessari
- The Land of Pele by Ana Barrado
- Two Photographs by John Coplans
- Three Photographs by Kenro Izu
- Two Prints by Andy Warhol
- From the 1986: Calendar on Travel and Tourism by Martha Hawley & Barbara Bloom
- Two Paintings by Lydia Dona
- Two Photographs by Beth Burstein
- Modus Vivendi by Marina Abramović & Ulay
- Two Photographs by Michael Clegg & Martin Guttman
- Maurice Maeterlinck by Mark Luyten
- Gabriela by Michael Spano
More
Francesca Woodman, from Eel Series, Rome, 1977–1978, photograph 6 × 6 inches. All images courtesy of Wellesley College.
Francesca Woodman, from Space2, Providence, 1975–1976, photograph 5¼ x 5¼ inches.
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MOLLY, MERCY, MADELINE,
MYRA, MAGGIE, MEREDITH,
MARLEY, MAGDA, MARGARET,
MINDY, MILLIE, MAGDALA,
MYRNA, MOIRA, MARIANNE,
MARLA, MAURA, MARIGOLD,
MEGHAN, MARY, MILLICENT,
MAITE, MAPLE, MITZI.
Pacale Marthine Tayou is a Cameroonian artist based in Belgium. His work has appeared in documenta11 (2002) in Kassel, two Venice Biennales (2005 and 2009), and numerous international exhibitions. Recent solo exhibitions took place at the Serpentine Galleries, London, and Fowler Museum, Los Angeles, both in 2015.
Gabriele Beveridge has quite the eye for sad-looking models in posters—the kind of women who hawk things like hair dye and shampoo.
Originally published in
BOMB 16,
Summer 1986
Linda Hunt by Vincent Caristi & Craig Gholson, Alexander Liberman, art by Jeff Koons, John Baldessari, Barbara Bloom, and more. Cover art by James Nare.
