Okay, we’ll admit it: we don’t even understand what Insight (or US CEO Jesse Faen) is doing here with this Dopamine business, but the new series of ad/art surf posters by Dustin Humphrey and skate posters by John Bradford are definitely not your average action/product/logo ads. Leave it to Mr. Faen to breathe some life into the dead print medium.
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In the world of ocean art there can be some pretty hideous stuff, but we’ve been hypnotized by Newport Beach artist Phil Roberts‘ WCT work for Billabong since spending the first part of last December at Pipeline sitting next to the event banner. That’s why we were stoked to read an interview with Roberts on the The Billabong Pro J-Bay site, where he discussed his art for all the events.
Jefferies Bay I broke barriers in myself in painting skills… I now feel I can call myself a painter and no longer an illustrator after this painting ( I went straight to paint with no pencil under drawings, I sketched it out with a 4″ brush ) and I wanted to “school” all of those “crappy” underwater painters on how to paint dolphins surfing.
We agree. Click the link for the entire interview.
[Link: Billabong Pro]
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The Riverside Art Museum is hosting a the Skullphone History Museum featuring work by “underground street artist known as Skullphone.”
Skullphone’s work is displayed in installations depicting a gas pump, a bathroom and a parking meter, as well as throughout the building. Tusman says it’s an attempt to capture the seek-and-find nature of street art — to reflect the fact that, in the wild, Skullphone’s works go up overnight on the backs of billboards, in alleyways and on electrical boxes.
The show which the LA Times reports is sponsored by Volcom and a “local waste-management company” runs through July 26 at 3425 Mission Inn Ave., Riverside, California.
[Link: LA Times]
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How’s this for heard it from a friend who, heard from a friend who? The sfist is reporting that unaesthetic is posting that the two pieces of Barry McGee art featured in the picture above were stolen from the SF RVCA store.
The above two pieces of art were stolen from the SF RVCA store two days ago (not during the opening). They are from permanent/private collections and, without going into detail, have a great deal of sentimental value to the artists.
If you have any information about this, or means of having the artwork returned – there will be absolutely no questions asked and no legal efforts made to follow up on you or any involved parties. They just want the pieces back. You may contact me privately (art@unaesthetic.net), any of the RVCA staff (415-701-7822), or set up an anonymous third party to communicate through.
That pretty much sums it up. By the way, we love stories that allow us to tag them Art, Crime, Fashion. It just seems to right.
[Link: SFist via unaesthetic]
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Hey look, the new issue of Frequency: The Snowboarder’s Journal. And it’s got a pow turn on the cover and it’s summer. In fact, Jeff Galbraith says this is the first “on the snow cover” in the magazine’s history. How punk rock is that? Or maybe it’s no statement at all. Maybe it’s just a great photo of some amazing snowboarding. Something we’d all like about now.
With several feet of fresh these last few weeks, lifts running well into May, no crowds, full snowpack, and tons of daylight, frequency TSJ #6.3 drops just in time for those who ride beyond December. From Snowbird to A-Basin, to Whistler, to Tuckerman’s to Alpental: snowboarding continues in full force, and South America/New Zealand deep pow sessions are just around the corner. . . . #6.3 features an amazing piece with freestyle legend Jeff Brushie by one of Snowboarder’s former editors Joel Muzzey , as well as photos from Bud Fawcett, Trevor Graves and others.
Pick it up where you can, or better yet buy a subscription and get an issue every time they come out.
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According to the crew at TheLabelLab :
Street fashion + art will come together May 17th at Crewest Gallery in downtown Los Angeles for the 2nd showing of THELABELLAB EXHIBITION featuring live fashion art creations and installations by LABELLAB members’ Drifter, David and David, and Pretti Vacant Accessories, with a special screening of “Bomb It”—The Graffiti Documentary by Jon Reiss. The Exhibition marks an exciting opportunity for emerging street fashion brands to depict their independent style through artistic interpretations in a unique gallery in downtown Los Angeles.
Follow the jump for all the details.
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While we don’t really understand it, Benjamin “Benny Gold” Weiner, is building a design empire on his designs for Nike, Adidas, Stussy and Levis. Here he is profiled in the San Francisco Chronicle.
[It’s] about not losing sight of your youth,” Gold says about the derivation of his nickname. “It’s important for me to remain youthful as I grow. The reference to gold symbolizes success and achievement.”
Gold’s big break came in 2002 when he was hired to create a logo for Huf, a string of streetwear boutiques opened by professional skateboarder Keith “Huf” Hufnagel. Shortly thereafter, he became the lead designer for Huf, creating urban-inspired sneakers and clothing in limited-editions that quickly became coveted items.
For the rest of the Benny story, click the link.
[Link: San Francisco Chronicle]
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We were just looking over the list of photographers who made the finals at this year’s Telus Pro Photo Shootout and realized that we only know one of them: Frode Sandbech (probably because the rest of them shooting skiing).
Without seeing any photos from the others we’re going to call it right now: Frode will win the contest because he is a photographic monster truck and his competitors are stacks of junked cars. Remind us if we’re wrong.
[Link: Skipressworld.com]
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There’s not much more that you can say about this other than, not surprisingly, sex continues to sell.
[Link: Nick Papageorgia via Skate and Annoy]
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Pierre Andre Senizergues has put his personal interior designer Gil Le Bon De LaPoint on the road with a rolling art/design project called Skate Study House (a skateboarding twist on Arts & Architecture magazine’s ground-breaking Case Study House project of the mid century). The duo most recently closed their launch show on February 2, 2008 in Paris at Colette (213 rue Saint-Honore 75001 Paris). Here’s what they say about the show:
SKATE STUDY HOUSE (SSH) is an innovative design concept specializing in recreating popular furniture through the vision of a skateboarder. The movement of a skateboarder constantly changes — it recreates itself by transcending boundaries and inventing ways to conquer obstacles. It’s constantly about anticipation and adaptation to one’s environment. The same is true for living design. The combination of the two produces a mixture of contemporary lifestyle, art and action sports culture, which is all found in this unique collection.
In other words, Pierra and Gil have taken all the iconographic mid-century furniture and interior designs and made them out of skateboards (with help from Jim Gray of Acme). Represented deviations include several Eames chairs, a Nelson Platform Bench, Nelson Clock and Coat Rack, and a Noguchi table. And it’s all for sale. Photos after the jump.
[Link: Skate Study House]
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