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Horse-drawn Hummer probes culture of excess

| March 6th, 2010 at 10:14 pm |

"If we don’t rethink our reliance on a hyper-inflated, consumption-based oil economy, we may be left with no other options than to hook our cars up to a horse."

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HORSETALK – Mar 7, 2010

One the other hand, they would have value in the recycle heap –Ed.

An artist who took a gas-guzzling Hummer and turned it into a horse-drawn carriage says the work is a reflection of the current hard times.

Jeremy Dean has given a name to his tricked-up engineless Hummer: "CEO Stagecoach".

The work has been on display at the Pulse Contemporary Art Fair in New York and, all going to plan, it will be pulled through New York’s Central Park on Monday by two draught horses…. [Read More]


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