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Bob Nickas
Surf's Up: The Aesthetics of Disappearance Vol. 1 No. 1

Reflections on the artist who disappears, by way of:
Bas Jan Ader / Syd Barrett / Gary Beydler / Jeremy Blake / Christopher D'Arcangelo / Jay DeFeo / Joan Didion / Theresa Duncan / 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, realized as part of Graduate Projects: Disappearing Acts, from the Fall 2011 semester at New York University.

1st printing:
Xerox publication
31 pages, staple bound, 11" (h) x 8 1/2" (w), black and white with color centerfold, 100 numbered copies with 4 different covers and insert.

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