Bomb #171 - Spring 2025

Bomb #171 - Spring 2025 

Alex Da Corte, our cover artist, in conversation with John Haskell, traces the experiences that developed his “queerness of vision” and have inspired him to transform pop cultural references into absurd, fantastical, and sensitive artworks. 

Vincent Barré and Pierre Creton, partners in life and art, share with Nicholas Elliott how they came to collaborate with friends and neighbors to create sublime films, including their latest, 7 Walks with Mark Brown. 

MacArthur “Genius” Karen Russell speaks to composer Missy Mazzoli, her friend and operatic partner, about her new novel, The Antidote, and why the Dust Bowl isn’t just an American story. 

Theaster Gates interviews the legendary dancer and choreographer Bill T. Jones about what it means to leave behind a lasting legacy. 

Marie-Helene Bertino meets National Book Award winner Charles Yu and talks about her new collection, Exit Zero, weight lifting, and why “humor and the speculative are profound ways to take the world seriously.” 

Ahead of her retrospective at SFMOMA, Kunié Sugiura looks back with Shelly Silver on her six decades of playing with photography and painting and the works that can unexpectedly emerge in the process. 

Soledad Fátima Muñoz, whose work weaves together memories of Chile’s dictatorship and the ongoing effects of neoliberalism, tells Andres L. Hernandez, “Maybe we’re not changing the world now but leaving clues for future generations to do so.” 

Plus new work by Helen Phillips, Mateo Askaripour, Keetje Kupiers, Arley Sakai, Alina Stefanescu, Aurora Mattia, Tara Booth, and Louis Fratino—and more.