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Monthly Archives: September 2009

Reflections on THE RAPE TUNNEL

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Many will have noticed the buzz surrounding yesterday’s article. Mindful of the many questions circulating we will now attempt to explain our thoughts and open up the comment box for discussion: By publishing The Rape Tunnel our intention was to spark conversation on the state of art for a few hours with coverage of an [...]

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THE RAPE TUNNEL By Sheila Zareno

Monday, September 28, 2009

[Image removed upon request of owner] The Rape Tunnel being fabricated in Richard Whitehurst’s Columbus studio. Richard Whitehurst is a Columbus-based artist who made his mark on the Ohio scene by showing at the William Strunk Jr. Museum of Contemporary Art in Akron and internationally regarded galleries such as Alexandria Asheton Gallery and Seward Projects [...]

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The Sunday Video: Kalup Linzy

Sunday, September 27, 2009

This weeks Sunday Video is “Chewing Gum” (a Hip-Hop throw back) and “Dirty Trade” (referencing Prince’s “Scandalous”) from the music and video anthology, Sweetberry Sonnet by Brooklyn based video and performance artist Kalup Linzy. Kalup Linzy graduated from the MFA program at the University of South Florida in 2003 and is collected locally by The [...]

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My Ad There

Saturday, September 26, 2009

Cut and Paste; free art from Skip Van Cel. Please print the image below and mount it somewhere far away from where you are, or if you will, there. This free art was paid for and created as a site specific work for ARTLURKER by the artist Skip Van Cel. . . [Editors note: This [...]

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Friday’s Hairy Eyeball: Ai Weiwei on Twitter, Armory Show to travel, Artist Pension Trust reaffirmed

Friday, September 25, 2009

Image credit. This week’s fare, despite being marred as always by the dirtiest of art world dirt, presents a more promising vista than last. Among the usual scandal dug out from the moldering crevices of contemporary culture are stories of hope and progress. A scent of ethics, humility and empathy is in the air. A [...]

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Hump Day Cool Finger: kanYe West’s taste in art

Thursday, September 24, 2009

What Homer Simpson & Super Mario would look like in real life. Click HERE for more pics… This week’s Hump Day Cool Finger is positioned to open a self reflective dialogue by taking a brief look at Kanye West’s blog. Quite possibly the ultimate in big throbbing cool fingers, Kanye West’s blog, updated around eight [...]

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