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.
—
Nari Ward
Untitled by Glenn Ligon
- Djur Djura by David Byrne
- Gregory Crane by Simon Lane
- Lili Taylor by Nicole Burdette
- Paul Beatty by Christian Haye
- Double Portrait of the Artist: A Conversation With Edmund White by Alain Kirili
- Richard Foreman by Eric Bogosian
- Word Into Image by Marjorie Welish
- Suzan-Lori Parks by Han Ong
- Saint Clair Cemin by Shirley Kaneda
- Pedro Almodóvar by Ela Troyano
Interviews
- Footnotes by Klaus Kertess
- Almenrausch by Vivian Heller
- Three Poems by Sophie Cabot Black
- Box Turtle by Mark Solomon
- The Track of Real Desires by Beverly Lowry
- In Love With Me by Padgett Powell
First Proof
- Untitled Drawing by Christian Schumann
- Untitled Drawing (for BOMB magazine) by Eva Lundsager
- Untitled by Glenn Ligon
- Sign Language by Jane Kaplowitz
- Wild Girls in BOMB (none are dead, just knocked out) by Kim Dingle
- Untitled Drawings by Roland Flexner
- Dedication to Stanley Moss by Betsy Sussler
More
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Glenn Ligon, Untitled (set of 4), 1992, 25 × 17¼ inches.
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They said I wasn’t smooth enough / to beat their sharp machine.
Kenya (Robinson) reflects on the end of her MFA program and becoming a professional artist.
I met Mickalene Thomas a decade ago at the Yale University School of Art and liked her instantly. She was a standout for her energy, drive, open–mindedness, and raw talent. For this interview I visited her in her Brooklyn studio where we were surrounded by a half dozen or so of her new paintings in various stages of development.
Originally published in
BOMB 47,
Spring 1994
Featuring interviews with Pedro Almodovar, Lily Taylor, Suzan-Lori Parks, Gregory Crane, Saint Clair Cemin, Paul Beatty, Martha Rosler, Djur Djura, Nancy Spero, Richard Foreman, Robert Barry, and Edmund White.
