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Skate Decks By Cacho Falcon

Skate Decks by Cacho Falcon
All Photos By Gail

These skateboard decks, featuring highly stylized likenesses of (left to right) Freddie Mercury, Jackie O as Marilyn Monroe, and President Barack Obama, were created by designer/painter Cacho Falcon.

Photographed in Three Monkeys Eyewear on Spring Street.

Three Money Eyewear Signage

Skate Decks By Paul McCarthy

Skate Decks by Paul McCarthy
Photos By Gail

If you are acquainted with art of Paul McCarthy, then you’ve come to understand that McCarthy’s art is centered in taking the familiar and banal and fucking it up a little bit, because that is how he rolls. Paul McCarthy and The Skateroom is a collaboration between the artist and the organization that supports non-profit projects that empower children through Skateboarding and Art, which nobody can deny is a truly excellent cause! Continue reading Skate Decks By Paul McCarthy

Dylan Egon Presents American Holy Relics

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All Photos By Gail

The art of Dylan Egon is most captivating to me for the way he marries art and design. In American Holy Relics, his second solo exhibition at Jonathan LeVine Gallery, Egon combines functional objects with a variety of mixed media works to create a visually dynamic and conversationally topical show.

Debbie Harry Speaker Cabinet
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Damien Hirst Skate Deck

Damien Hirst Skate Deck
Photo By Gail

The New Museum of Contemporary Art on Bowery in NYC is selling this Damien Hirst Spot Painting Skateboard Deck in its gift shop, but I didn’t even bother to look at the sale price. Seen here with Skull Bunny Playboy-inspired logo Designed by Lawrence Weiner with Artwork by Richard Prince. Functional Art!

Mixed Mediums at Dorian Grey Gallery

X Marks The Spot By BTA photo by gail worley
X Marks The Spot By BTA (All Photos By Gail)

The latest group show at Dorian Grey Gallery in the East village, entitled Mixed Mediums, is a true mixed bag of styles. The collected works of more than a dozen artists still manages to achieve a cohesive feel, however, owing to the crossover appeal of various styles of contemporary/pop art.
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