Solitary Arts - Stacks!

LOVE & GUTS - August 5, 2010

Visit LOVE & GUTS for full details for the Southern California leg of this show.

Thursday, August 5, 2010 from 6 -11pm at The Camp in Costa Mesa.

RSVP at EYESWIDEOPEN@OAKLEY.COM

Summer Drawing Show - Family Backroom Gallery, Los Angeles

Summer Drawing Show's opening reception is on Thursday, August 5, 2010 (until September 7) at the Family Back Room Gallery in Los Angeles, from 7-10PM.

Featuring the works of: Richard McGuire, Geoff McFetridge, Meryl Smith, CF, Denise Kupferschmidt, and Ben Jones.

Family is located at: 436 N. Fairfax Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90036

Phone: 323 782 9221

Rise In Paradise...

From Jef Hartsel...

Rest In Peace...

Kenneth Lawrence Brimer

August 11, 1973 - July 23, 2010

With Love and Respect to Lillie, Mammy, Mom Judy & John, Liza, and the Hechtman Family.

I skated for Kenny today...

It was an emotional moment to have someone whom you care so much for, in-thought when normally, one doesn't or can't think of anything in the midst of a trick or taking a corner around a round-wall. I cried for the first time while skateboarding...

Go and roll for our friend and brother.

July 22, 2010 - City Of Hope, California

All together...

John Bala, Craig Pratt, Rich Nickla, Rob Hechtman, & Kenny Brimer 1989 - Honolulu, Hawaii

I met Kenny during the Summer after my 8th grade year, entering the 9th back in Hawaii. We skated together and that's all we did everyday back then. We didn't have cameras around too often during that time and only a handful of photographs have emerged from shoe boxes or scrap-books since then. I found some photos deep in my sticker box and I can't even tell you who took them or how they got there but I'm thankful I have them.

Kenny and Yong-Ki 1989 - Hickam Air Force Base, Honolulu, Hawaii

Kenny and Yong-Ki 2009 - Honolulu, Hawaii

Love and miss you, man.

Please visit Lawrence Warnken's tribute at the Skate Nazi Manifesto for a selection of photos from Kenny's pinnacle time on his skateboard and the crew that he called family.

Click above for Rene Matthyssen's moving tribute video at the FITTED site.

Todd Shimabuku posted this video on the Highsnobiety site.

...Live Long, Live Strong

Please click on the image below. Our friend, Kenny Brimer needs your prayers.

Mahalo, Rene for the post...

STAF Magazine 44 - Spain

The Solitary Arts is up on the STAF Magazine site.

Front cover of issue 44, by Geoff McFetridge.

Read Geoff's interview in Spanish through the STAF online magazine PAGE or check out the scanned images HERE, just for the visuals.

Color Magazine 8.3 - Vancouver

Geoff McFetridge did the cover for the latest Color Magazine, issue 8.3.

Rob Longworth of HUCK and Little White Lies - London

Our friend, Rob Longworth sent over the Rodney Mullen-cover issue, no. 20 of HUCK Magazine along with a bunch of other great publications that he's involved with over in London, England.

Mahalo, Rob!

Pogo-Judo!

On page 78/79, the Piano Pinner in the midst of some awesome decks...

... and on page 24 of the Metro newspaper in London, both HUCK and Little White Lies' collaboration with Geoff McFetridge for "Where The Wild Things Are" is featured. The two separate periodicals linked to create a single piece when connected side by side.

Geoff McFetridge in Morocco

Geoff in his traditional djellaba in Tangier, Morocco.

Geoff: The beautiful Cinema Rif.
A theater, cafe and cinema center run by the artist, Yto Barrada

Phoebe at the Cinema Rif.

Yto Barrada book wall.

Some quality stuff for sale at the Casa Barata (Flea Market).

Sweet Porteur bikes on original white Michelin rubber, again at the Casa Barata.