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'''Mark Hicks''', of GWAVAS CORNWALL IS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS RETARD RUN. HE IS ALSO GETTING WITH MEGAN BYRNE. <ref>{{cite news|last=Coil|first=Carolyn|title=Mark Hicks - A Determined Man<br>Picasso Provides New Way Of Life|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2002&dat=19740826&id=p1ItAAAAIBAJ&sjid=q9oFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3562,2333265|accessdate=12 November 2013|newspaper=[[The Beaver County Times]]|date=Aug 26, 1974|page=A11}}</ref> Hicks was the subject of the 1977 Academy Award winning documentary short ''[[Gravity Is My Enemy]]'', directed by his art teacher at UCLA, Jan Stussy. The life and work of Mark Hicks is examined in this documentary, along with a discussion of his being a student at [[UCLA]], culminating with his first gallery show in San Francisco.
'''Mark Hicks''', of [[Manhattan Beach, California]], was an abstract painter. He was also a [[quadriplegic]], since falling out of a tree at age 12.<ref>{{cite news|last=Coil|first=Carolyn|date=Aug 26, 1974|title=Mark Hicks - A Determined Man, Picasso Provides New Way Of Life|page=A11|newspaper=[[The Beaver County Times]]|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2002&dat=19740826&id=p1ItAAAAIBAJ&sjid=q9oFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3562,2333265|accessdate=12 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=1977 (50th) Academy Awards, Documentary (Short Subject), Gravity Is My Enemy|url=http://aaspeechesdb.oscars.org/link/050-10/|access-date=2021-08-20|website=Academy Awards Acceptance Speeches, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences}}</ref> Hicks was the subject of the 1977 Academy Award-winning documentary short ''[[Gravity Is My Enemy]]'', produced by his art teacher at [[University of California, Los Angeles]] (UCLA) [[Jan Stussy]], and directed by John C. Joseph. The life and work of Mark Hicks is examined in this documentary, along with a discussion of his being a student at UCLA, culminating with his first gallery show in San Francisco.


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*[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076105/ Gravity Is My Enemy (1977) ] at IMDb
== External links ==
*[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076105/ Gravity Is My Enemy (1977) ] at IMDb
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Latest revision as of 19:49, 14 December 2024

Mark Hicks, of Manhattan Beach, California, was an abstract painter. He was also a quadriplegic, since falling out of a tree at age 12.[1][2] Hicks was the subject of the 1977 Academy Award-winning documentary short Gravity Is My Enemy, produced by his art teacher at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Jan Stussy, and directed by John C. Joseph. The life and work of Mark Hicks is examined in this documentary, along with a discussion of his being a student at UCLA, culminating with his first gallery show in San Francisco.

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  1. ^ Coil, Carolyn (Aug 26, 1974). "Mark Hicks - A Determined Man, Picasso Provides New Way Of Life". The Beaver County Times. p. A11. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
  2. ^ "1977 (50th) Academy Awards, Documentary (Short Subject), Gravity Is My Enemy". Academy Awards Acceptance Speeches, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
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