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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.
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WEB EXCLUSIVE! Part 2 of 2! Musician turned musicologist Ned Sublette unravels the histories and sounds that shaped New Orleans, our most “American” city. Click here to read Part 1 of the interview!
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WEB EXTRA! Watch the premiere of Kalup Linzy’s music video for Asshole Remix! Disclaimer: Intended for mature audiences only. Read Linzy’s interview with BOMB Managing Editor Nick Stillman.
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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.
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OUTTAKE! In BOMB’s print issue, Mike Davis and Lucy Raven tour California’s El Cajon, the author’s hometown. Read on for more of Davis’s perspective on the unique growth and evolution of El Cajon.
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Filmmaker Harmony Korine (Gummo) returns after an eight-year hiatus with Mister Lonely, a hilarious film involving skydiving nuns, celebrity impersonators, and Werner Herzog.
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Playwright Theresa Rebeck bring us the most memorable of contemporary visions in her plays. Now she is delighting readers with her first novel, Three Girls and Their Brother. The storyteller spoke with Evangeline Morphos in 2006.
>>>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.
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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.
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