All that music talk got me thinking about how skateboarding is also linked tightly with art.
Deck art has become an artistic medium in itself, spawning hundreds of different styles. A recent exhibition at China Heights in Sydney essentially consisted of 40 skateboards with controversial art based on themes of sex, drugs and violence. I thought this was interesting because it linked back to the idea of skating as a form of social deviance.
Alot of this is linked with graffiti and street art. Ed Templeton (who used to skate professionally and founded Toy Machine Skateboards), Geoff McFetridge, Harmony Korine (who I mentioned earlier), the late Margaret Kilgallen and Barry McGee founded an art collective known as Beautiful Losers. The group recently released a film of the same title which looks at each artist's work individually while focusing on the group's ideology and the links between art, skateboarding and music. WATCH THE TRAILER HERE:
Deck art has become an artistic medium in itself, spawning hundreds of different styles. A recent exhibition at China Heights in Sydney essentially consisted of 40 skateboards with controversial art based on themes of sex, drugs and violence. I thought this was interesting because it linked back to the idea of skating as a form of social deviance.
Alot of this is linked with graffiti and street art. Ed Templeton (who used to skate professionally and founded Toy Machine Skateboards), Geoff McFetridge, Harmony Korine (who I mentioned earlier), the late Margaret Kilgallen and Barry McGee founded an art collective known as Beautiful Losers. The group recently released a film of the same title which looks at each artist's work individually while focusing on the group's ideology and the links between art, skateboarding and music. WATCH THE TRAILER HERE:
Skate photography has also evolved into an art form in its own right. Here are some photos from a cool photo blog by a local skater.
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great pictures
can i use your pictures for my design presentation board which would show vans conceptual shower gel?
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