Category Archives: ART

Look Back Library – BrotherBoarderPowerSlap Tour West Coast edition!

Posted on October 20, 2016 by Kerry Weber

Kevin Mark’s Look Back Library Tour is back on the west coast and will be at Commonwealth Skatepark in Portland Oregon this Friday!  The tour features a bevy of out of print publications, notable covers, and a chance to see … Continue reading →

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The Look Back Library – BrotherBoarderPowerSlap Magazine Tour

Posted on March 26, 2016 by Kerry Weber

The Look Back Library #BrotherBoarderPowerSlap classic skate magazine exhibit rolls into Starr Skates today in Tucson, AZ. This is their third stop on a 50 city tour that will span the next seven months.  Each exhibit varies as magazine covers … Continue reading →

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Mike V. at Pizzanista

Posted on January 21, 2016 by Kerry Weber

Pizzanista hosted Mike Vallely a couple weeks back to talk about his infamous “Barnyard Board.” The shape of the deck was seen a precursor to modern street decks, but the Marc McKee graphic also has a story behind it. With … Continue reading →

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Marble City

Posted on August 9, 2014 by Kerry Weber

Marble City is a short documentary about the Korean skateboard scene. In just two minutes we get a good idea of some of the amazing architecture in Seoul. The relative obscurity of skateboarding in Korea makes much of the smooth … Continue reading →

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Liberator/Earth Crisis: Interview with Matt Miner and Karl Buechner.

Posted on January 31, 2014 by Kerry Weber

Liberator creator Matt Miner (who we interviewed last year) and the infamous Earth Crisis have collaborated on a two issue comic series. The story is of a young women working in an animal research lab who becomes inspired by the news … Continue reading →

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“Sirens of the Lambs”

Posted on October 15, 2013 by Kerry Weber

Banksy’s, “Siren of the Lambs” has been all over the news, but maybe you don’t read the LA Times.  Its a powerful piece of moving installation/performance art.  Banksy is supposedly English, though his identify isn’t publicly known, and I can’t … Continue reading →

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Lamp – by Ed Templeton and Case Studyo

Posted on September 22, 2013 by Kerry Weber

Ed Templeton is getting into furniture light fixtures. Loyal Pawns with six figure incomes be on alert. Case Studyo is producing a limited run of 100 lamps. The piece is a wooden and silk screen box 20.5″ high and features … Continue reading →

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This Ain’t California

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Kerry Weber

A friend in Germany turned me onto this crowd-funded film about the German skate scene in the GDR. Its currently in the festival circuit and hopefully will get state side soon. I’m trying to track down some spots from the … Continue reading →

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east 72nd and down

Posted on April 21, 2013 by Kerry Weber

Sean Conley (sleeping house and human drive prodcutions) brings us another artful cruise through the streets of NYC. Skateboarding in Manhattan truly is like no other place on earth. The congestion of humans and machines, the pavement warped in to … Continue reading →

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Matt Soria at Sip Cafe

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Kerry Weber

Skater and Artist Matt Soria is the featured artist at local Sip Cafe at 1223 W. Grand Ave here in Chicago this month! If you missed his hand printed zines at Chicago Zine Fest  then this is a good chance … Continue reading →

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