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Issue 104 Summer 2008
THE BOMB BLAST
Peter Saul—painter of satirical and ribald images since the 1960s—on his recent move to New York City, assimilation into the art world, and his big, bad subjects. Read the full-length interview!
A BOMB 103 Outtake!
Boredoms member Yoshimi P-We speaks about her own projects here, including her acclaimed band, OOIOO, and where she got its unusual name. Read this exclusive web outtake!
A BOMB 103 Outtake!
In BOMB’s print issue, Mike Davis and Lucy Raven tour California’s El Cajon, the author’s hometown. Author of City of Quartz, Davis applies his critical lens to California’s burgeoning alien movements. Click here to read more!
A BOMB 103 Outtake!
The second installment of BOMB’s Fiction for Driving Across America series. Listen to audio of Patrick Dacey as he reads his suburban tale, “Patriots”!
BOMB’s first ever Video Web Exclusive!
Recorded on May 9th, 2008 at Columbia University
Watch an exclusive live interview with Tom Kalin, director of Savage Grace, starring Julianne Moore, in theaters now. Check out Kalin’s discussion of the film with his colleague and BOMB contributing editor Bette Gordon, plus, watch a Q&A session between the director and Columbia film students.
An Exclusive Two-Part Interview!
Read Part One and Part Two of this fascinating interview with musician and musicologist Ned Sublette, as he unravels histories and sounds that shaped New Orleans—from Havana to Haiti—our most American city. Sublette’s The World that Made New Orleans: From Spanish Silver to Congo Square is out now!
From Adorno to Darger, from the Bible to Sade, from Beckett to hiphop: in his drawings and video projections, Paul Chan stakes out the space between opposites as a field of promise. Paul Chan: The 7 Lights is now at the New Museum. Originally appeared in BOMB 92, Summer 2005.
Playwright Theresa Rebeck evokes contemporary visions that play like Greek tragedies. Now she is delighting readers with her first novel, Three Girls and Their Brother. The storyteller spoke with Evangeline Morphos in 2006. Originally appeared in BOMB 97, Fall 2006.
Olafur Eliasson has evolved a body of “objectless” work ranging from discrete installations to museum-wide environments. Take your time: Olafur Eliasson, his first comprehensive U.S. survey, is on view at MoMA through June 30th. Originally appeared in BOMB 88, Summer 2004.
For Kerry James Marshall, 1997 was a good year: a MacArthur Fellowship, the Whitney Biennial and Documenta X. He spoke with Calvin Reid about the future of painting. Black Romantic is on view at Jack Shainman Gallery until July 3rd. Originally appeared in BOMB 62, Winter 1998.
Filmmaker Harmony Korine (Gummo) returns after an eight-year hiatus with Mister Lonely, a hilarious film involving skydiving nuns, celebrity impersonators, and Werner Herzog. The film is out now and getting lots of buzz. Missed it in BOMB 103? Read the full-length interview today!
Watch the speeches that ignited BOMB’s 27th Anniversary & Silent Auction, with Mark Morris, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Marilyn Minter, Elizabeth LeCompte, Casey Spooner, Mary Heilmann, and others, at The Bowery Hotel on April 11, 2008.
Don’t forget to check out the photo page, with the evening’s most prominent personalities and attire!
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