Walnut Creek Has A Full Deck

For the next two months Walnut Creek, California’s Bedford Gallery is presenting Carrie Lederer’s art show Full Deck: A Short History of Skate Art. The show features more than 400 decks plus other stuff, according to a story in the San Jose Mercury News.

The rolling canvases, each little more than a few feet long and a half-foot wide, are colorful works of Pop art, graffiti art, cartoon art and even fine art. Each deck tells a story about a pro skater, the company that made it and the artist who created the images on it. They can be silly and fun, like the deck by enjoi showing kittens and rainbows on one side of the gallery, or take on the darker tone of Todd Francis’ environmental works for Element Skateboards.

The opening party is from 6 to 8 PM on Thursday July 9, 2009. Sean Cliver will be there signing copies of his book Disposable. The show runs through September 13, 2009.

[Link: Bedford Gallery via San Jose Mercury News]