John Baldessari is an American conceptual artist born in National City, California in 1931.Synthesizing photomontage, painting, and language, Baldessari’s deadpan visual juxtapositions equate images with words and illuminate, confound, and challenge meaning. He upends commonly held expectations of how images function, often by drawing the viewer’s attention to minor details, absences, or the spaces between things. By placing colorful dots over faces, obscuring portions of scenes, or juxtaposing stock photographs with quixotic phrases, he injects humor and dissonance into vernacular imagery. His art has been featured in more than 120 solo exhibitions and 300 group exhibitions. This October John Baldessari’s retrospective “Pure Beauty” will open at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, as will a solo exhibition at the Marian Goodman gallery. Available in-store and online October 7th. Available in Japan on October 9th.
Somethings I never get tired of. Hearing someone perspective from that era.
In this recent interview, Keith Hufnagel of HUF discusses his early experiences growing up with skateboarding. The interview touches on some of his favorite riders, his first sponsorships and how good the previous skating landscape was.
New York shit. Don’t chase the money, and the rest will follow.
One of New York City’s original skaters Brian Wenning describes what it was like growing up in the 1990’s and skating with people like Anthony Pappalardo, Ian Reid, Rodney Torres (to name a few). He speaks of the spots he would skate, what made the late 90’s a pivotal time, what is different now, his “mission from hell” & some advice for young, up-and-coming skateboarders who want to be pro. Filmed, Edited & Directed by Jon Edwards, this video is presented by Heavy Hittas. Enjoy!
If I could only do tricks like these on the humble.
To celebrate the 7th anniversary of Seattle retail institution GOODS, the crew set-up the following skate event at Bellevue’s Highland Plaza. Aside from the expected day of skate-related activities, the Marshall “Stack” Reid hosted event also included giveaways from various brands stocked by GOODS. Director: Dave Lee
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