Skating journalist Weyland journeys to the early days of the sport, exploring its origins as a fringe subculture, then looking at how it has gone global, impacting art, fashion, and music in places as far apart as Germany and Cameroon.
Skateboarding is one of the great outlaw subcultures - combining death-defying stunts, cutting-edge fashion, and an all-round bad attitude. This is the story of the people who forged and inspired that culture, like the legendary Dogtown crew: Alva, Peralta, Adams, - kids bailing out scummy backyard pools to skate in them, fleeing from security ...
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Contemporary Arts Center of Virginia
Date Published: 2003
Description: Weyland, Jocko & Gary Davis. SKATE CULTURE: THE ART OF SKATEBOARDING. Virginia Beach, VA: Contemporary Arts Center of Virginia, 2003. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. As New. 46pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Rich Jacobs. A year before "Beautiful Losers", curators Brenda Labier, Marsea Goldberg and Rich Jacobs put together this prescient exhibition and catalogue of skate related artwork, graphics, and photos that includes Thomas Campbell, Tony ... read more
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Edition: First edition
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Museum Studio
Date Published: 2009
Description: 4to. 40 pp. Offset printed and saddle-stitched in wraps. One of a limited edition of 1000 numbered copies. "Museum Paper gives invited artists, photographers, designers and creatives from alternative artscenes space to show their work alongside short interviews. With a background as a fanzine, Museum Paper wants to combine it's D.I.Y. ethics and aestethics with the high quality printing of the traditional art magazine. " New. read more
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