FOR THEIR LATEST SERIES OF DECKS ALIEN WORKSHOP SKATEBOARDS HAVE TEAMED UP WITH LEGENDARY ARTIST ANDY WARHOL THROUGH THE ANDY WARHOL FOUNDATION.
WARHOL IS MOST FAMOUS FOR BEING A KEY FIGURE IN THE REVOLUTIONARY POP ART MOVEMENT OF 1950'S IN BOTH AMERICA AND BRITAIN,WHICH SAW A PLAY ON IMAGES OF POPULAR CULTURE. HE IS MOST WIDELY RECOGNIZED FOR HIS SCREEN PRINTED ICONIC IMAGERY SUCH AS HIS WORK WITH PORTRAITS OF MARILYN MONROE, ELVIS PRESLEY AND HIMSELF AS WELL AS HIS REINVENTION OF MUNDANE EVERY DAY OBJECTS SUCH AS CAMPBELL'S SOUP CANS, BANANAS AND KNIVES.
THE SIMPLICITY OF THE SCREENED ART CARRIES OVER EFFORTLESSLY WELL TO CREATE A VERY STRIKING SERIES OF TEAM DECKS FOR ALIEN WORKSHOP WHICH VERY MUCH SUITS THERE LOOK AND FEEL AS WELL AS THEIR TEAM, WITH THE LIKES OF DYLAN REIDER, OMAR SALAZAR AND ARTO SAARI.
MY ONLY ISSUE ON SUCH AN AWESOME SERIES IS THAT IT DOES SEEM LIKE ALOT OF BRANDS ARE JUMPING ON THE WARHOL BAND WAGON WITH COLLABORATIONS WITH MAHARISHI AND BURTON FOR EXAMPLE, BUT FROM A MAN WHO INVENTED THE PHRASE 'EVERYONE HAS THEIR 15 SECONDS OF FAME' IT LOOKS LIKE THE ANDY WARHOL FOUNDATION ARE DOING JUST THAT, AND I SAY GO WITH IT BECAUSE THESE DECKS ARE INSANE.
IM SURE THESE DECKS WILL BE VERY SORT AFTER INDEED FROM BOTH ARTISTS AND SKATERS ALIKE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD
No comments:
Post a Comment