When Andy Warhol first turned Campbell’s Soup cans into art in the early 1960s, he collapsed the distance between the grocery store aisle and the gallery wall. Decades later, that same image continues to slip easily into new cultural spaces — including skate culture. One of the most compelling examples of this crossover appeared at ICFF (International Contemporary Furniture Fair) in 2018, where The Skateroompresented its licensed Andy Warhol Soup Can Skateboard Decks as collectible design objects. Continue reading Eye On Design: Andy Warhol Campbell’s Soup Can Skate Decks→
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.
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→
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.
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!
