Arts Bombast: Malcom McLaren
Happy Birthday (and RIP), Mr. McLaren. You single-handedly translated several major underground music movements into just-the-right-amount-of-shocking, fashionable, marketable products. Bravo. The pseudo-Situationist sure could craft though. From the Pistols and … Continue reading
Arts Bombast: Tokyo: A New Avant-Garde 1955-1970
I’ll conclude Ribbon Around a Bomb’s unofficial “Japan Week” with an exhibition recommendation: MoMA’s Tokyo: A New Avant-Garde 1955-1970. I haven’t been to it myself, but I sure as hell … Continue reading
Arts Bombast: Atsuko Tanaka
Rounding out the trifecta of INCREDIBLE Japanese women artists (oh, hi, Yayoi Kusama and Yoko Ono) is of course, Atsuko Tanaka. [Tanaka wearing her “Electric Dress”- 1956] Like Ono and … Continue reading
Arts Bombast: The Secret Public
“Enclosed are the latest montages I’ve done – hope you like them…I’m very excited about the idea of doing a magazine – I think our work would mix well together. … Continue reading
Arts Bombast: Womanhouse
In 1972, Judy Chicago and over a dozen other female artists came together to present Womanhouse, the first collaborative exhibition of feminist art in the United States. Set in an … Continue reading
Arts Bombast: David Wojnarowicz’ Rimbaud in New York Series
Why do all the cool New York artists (see: Ginsburg, Patti Smith, and Wojnarowicz) love Rimbaud so much? Oh, that’s right, because he’s the shit. Below, a couple violent verses … Continue reading
Arts Bombast: Mary Beth Edelson
Ever a sucker for ’70s-era feminist art, I’ve been getting into Mary Beth Edelson lately. I can’t really get behind some of her new age-y, reclaiming-the-Goddess works, but these cheeky … Continue reading
Arts Bombast: Valie Export
Valie Export wants you to fondle her. At least, she did in 1968. I recently discovered the piece Tapp- und Tast-Kino or “Tap and Touch Cinema” by the Austrian experimental/feminist … Continue reading
Arts Bombast: Ed Van Der Elsken
Self-taught Dutch photographer Ed Van Der Elsken was known for capturing bohemian, rebellious youth culture in the ’50s. His series, “Love on the Left Bank” follows a fictional story of … Continue reading
Arts Bombast: Joel Ross
By now, you know about my penchant for conceptual art involving text. However, Joel Ross is unlike most of the artists I’ve featured on this site in that he’s based … Continue reading
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