Kenneth Anger’s short film Kustom Kar Kommandos is the historical touchstone for the current exhibition at the non-profit gallery Art in General. The 1965 film depicts a man in tight jeans buffing his car with “Dream Lover” playing in the background, a seemingly mundane task, but one that invokes the raw emotion of the material relationship and America’s love affair with the automobile. The show, curated by Sandra Skurvida, focuses on reexamining this relationship with the automobile in a contemporary backdrop. [click to continue…]

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