White Columns is pleased to announce the publication of

SURF’S UP The Aesthetics of Disappearance Vol. 1 No. 1

—Please join us on Thursday, Dec. 15, from 7:30 PM—

Reflections on the artist who disappears, by way of Bas Jan Ader . Syd Barrett . Gary Beydler . Jeremy Blake and Theresa Duncan . Christopher D’Arcangelo . Jay DeFeo . Joan Didion . Bobby Fischer . Greta Garbo . Patty Hearst . Howard Hughes . Ray Johnson . Stephen Kaltenbach . Lee Lozano . Cady Noland . Laurie Parsons . Joaquin Phoenix . Charlotte Poseneneske . Paul Thek . Brian Wilson

with contributions from Naomi Elena Emily Fitzpatrick David Flaugher Davey Hawkins Joseph Imhauser Agnes Lux Taro Masushio Chason Matthams Sam McKinniss Davida Newman Lee Perillo Libby Rothfeld Kimberly Sandler Max Sherry Crystal Thomas G. William Webb James Woodward Elliott Wright

edited and with an introduction by Bob Nickas limited to 100 numbered copies with 4 different covers.

This publication was realized as part of Graduate Projects: Disappearing Acts, from the Fall 2011 semester at New York University.

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