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Monthly Archives: January 2010

The Sunday Video: Ghost Ride the Whip

I was surprised to find out that many people, including our very own Thomas Hollingworth, have not been exposed to the phenomenon known as ghost riding the whip.  Sometimes referred to as goin’ Swayze or simply ghostin’, the art of ghost riding is done by placing a vehicle with an automatic transmission into drive, getting [...]

“Sometimes I live in Aspen. I am all over the world”-Shari Appelbaum at Art Los Angeles Contemporary

12 Hang Art director and rock star friend. Photo by Allison Stewart allison-stewart.com The last two weeks in January are all about the Los Angeles art fairs. The Fine Art Dealers Association’s 15th annual Los Angeles art fair kicked off the festivities on January 20th at the Los Angeles Convention Center with free champagne and [...]

Haitian Art Galleries Rush to Save What’s Left

Haiti Painting (Brian Vander Brug / Los Angeles Times / January 23, 2009). The recent earthquake in Haiti hit near the Art Center of Pétionville where as of 2008 over 30 galleries were clustered. Most of these, including Gallery Bourbon Lally and Gallery Art Nader sustained severe damage. Although the Nader gallery in Pétionville survives [...]

The Sunday Video: Thats Why I chose Yale

This week’s Sunday Video is a recently published (January 14, 2010) introduction to undergraduate life at Yale College. The project was an independent collaboration between Yale undergraduates and recent alumni working in the admissions office. All filming, editing, and vocal recording was done on Yale’s campus exclusively by Yale students. That’s Why I Chose Yale. [...]

Jet Set Saturdays: Dan Finsel at Parker Jones

Dan Finsel, I Would Love Farrah, Farrah, Farrah (I), 2009 [still], HD video, 20:24, Ed. 3 + 1 AP In 1976, there came an idolatrous poster. Not just any idol, but the one many a young man would intently observe when his parents went out for dinner. With blond tresses, white perfect teeth, and nipples [...]

Transit Antenna: Introducing…

While we think about coverage of Saturday’s openings and retrieve a bus from North West Arkansas take a look at this recent post on Transit Antenna, the web journal of a mobile living experiment, which Artlurker Founder, Thomas Hollingworth will soon be conducting. “From our base in Miami where we work on art stuff we’ve [...]