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Taro Tamai of GENTEMSTICK: designer and creator of a new style of snowboards. (Snow-Surfboards)
Traditionally, snowboards were designed taking inspiration from skateboards with a more urban motifs. The snowboard by Tamai have essential lines, and an aesthetic close to the classic surfboard! Why not?
Every board has a unique riding experience– even on the same slope.
Your individual stile influences your approach to a line.
In the ’90′ssnowbordingbecame an industrialized sport and we lost this sense of unique approach.
The media, globalization, and the mass production of boards… now all snowboard look alike. Regardless, the essence of snowboarding remains the same.
There will always the mountains, were the wind blows and the snow falls. We are still in search of undiscovered lines, and no one can take that away.
GENTEMSTICK sends out each of it’ s boards with “distinct characteristic”, in an effort to provide the true potential of riding, and to bring back the lost values of snowboarding.
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Matt Conn from America’ Worst Driver and friend artist Andrew Snook dropped by the Yoshitaka Amano exhibit today. Posing with the Yuichi Yokoyama NEW PEOPLE masks in front of Amano’s CANDY GIRL L-3. America will find out next week, if Matt is SF’s worst driver… Or America’s?? Thanks you stopping by SUPERFROG Gallery!
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THE SURF SHOP
AN EXPERIMENTAL PROJECT BY JAPANESE ARTISTS WHO LOVE TO SURF
In San Francisco May 15 sat – June 13 sun
(The show will be also in Tokyo from July 30 to August 2)
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Artists and Creators
SURFBOARDS Yoshihiko Kushimoto
SNOW SURFBOARDS Taro Tamai
WETSUITS Yasumori Tokura
BOARDSHORTS Kiyoshi YAamaguchi
T-SHIRTS Koji Toyoda
FASHION Hiroshi Kubo
PAINTINGS Jun Kubota
PHOTOGRAPHY Mie Kushimoto, Gentaro Ishizuka, Taisuke Yokoyama, Akira Kobayashi, Taishi Hirokawa
OBJECTS Taku Satoh
MAGAZINE Toshio Shiratani
MOVIES Keiichiro Mukai, Takatoshi Okura
Surfing when there are waves, traveling the globe in search of good surf, and earning money by taking pictures of the experience? This has to be the perfect lifestyle!” – Mitsuyuki Shibata, Photographer
Different idea, life or experience; one thing in common THE SURF:
Yoshihiko Kushimo started surfing when he was 13 ” my life has revolved around surfing ever since… and I am turning 53 this year! For me surfboards are work of art, and my are manifestation of my soul.
Taro Tamai keeps pursuit perfect moments of fulfillment, keep searching the ultimate moment .
Keiichiro Mukai spent his youth on the islands of Amakusa before moving to Tokyo when he was 15. After join a company producing commercials he assumed his current role of art director at age of 25. With far-reaching vision, he has engaged in all kinds of work such as graphic design, production of films and art installation spaces. Then, 15 years ago his yearning for nature and the sea resurfaced, so he moved to the border of Zushi and Kamakura were he reduscovered the joy of surfing. Since then, he has enjoyed creating art expressing the light and the shwdow of empty spaces….
And much much more. READ MORE ABOUT THE SURF SHOP
…Now, you just need to come here!
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Rospo Amano e’ l’autore di final fantasy e molti dei cartoni animati che i ragazzi nati intorno agli anni ’70 hanno amato
Viene riproposto dopo il successo notevole della prima mostra e la mostra a Los Angeles .
La prima mostra della SUPERFROGGALLERY e’ stata proprio Amano, un successo di tre mesi che ha visto decine di migliaia di visitatori. Anche se i pezzi esposti sono piu o meno gli stessi , ma vale la pena lo stesso di fare un “salto in galleria” , l’allestimento della mostra e’ completamente diverso . Piu spazio fra le opere rende piu vicino Amano al mondo dell’arte contemporanea e forse anche hai concetti espressi in questi quadri…
Yoshitaka Amano nella mostra DEVA LOKA USA, innaugurata il 15 di agosto del 2009 qui alla SUPERFROGGALLERY , prova a esprimere la sua gratitudine verso gli Stati Uniti, negli anni ’60 fu inspirato dalla Pop Art americana, dai fumetti e dalle automobili americane.
Due piccole considerazioni riguardanti le scelte tecnico pratiche dell’artista : il supporto utilizzato e’ in alluminio , materiale usato per costruire automobili . La seconda considerazione e’ sulla scelta della pittura , avvolte “piena e pesante” ma con fondali che per via di “brillantini” nella pittura stessa si rapportano con la luce come un quadro raramente riesce a fare, rendendolo un gioco di sguardi senza fine.
Perfetto nella cameretta di tuo figlio , l’unico problema e’ il prezzo….
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gama: SUPERFROG Gallery welcomes LeBasse Project Gallery from Los Angeles for a 4 day San Francisco exhibition. LeBasse Project Gallery is currently showcasing part of our Amano exhibition at their space in Culver City. More information about LeBasse Project Gallery.
4.1 (Thur) – 4.4 (Sun)
Showcase: SF – by LeBasse Projects A four-day group exhibition in San Francisco
Artists Reception:
Friday, April 2nd, 7-10pm
Artists:
Seonna Hong, Herakut, Yoskay Yamamoto, Edwin Ushiro, Alexandros Vasmoulakis, Andrew Hem, Melissa Haslam and Nate Frizzell.
San Francisco, CA – For a special four-day only exhibition, Los Angeles based contemporary gallery LeBasse Projects expands its horizons to the Bay Area. LeBasse Projects! temporary exhibition offers San Francisco a collection of work by some of the gallery!s best and brightest talent. The second “Showcase Series” exhibition presents the gallery!s penchant for innovative and diverse artists including: Seonna Hong, Herakut, Yoskay Yamamoto, Edwin Ushiro, Alexandros Vasmoulakis, Andrew Hem, Melissa Haslam and Nate Frizzell.
by Alexandros Vasmoulakis
Another Sunday goes by with another great turnout for us here at the SUPERFROG Gallery on the last day of our current exhibition.
Today, I had the distinct pleasure of assisting a young gentleman with the acquisition of his first work of art. He had contacted me by phone thirty minutes before we opened to inquire about Sidney Pink. I invited him to come in and look at his works together and after a delightful bit of chat, he decided to purchase ‘The Devoutly Religious’, 16×12 inches, pencil and watercolor on paper. He was very happy and enthusiastic about his purchase and could not wait to see it placed on the wall of his home.
It is such a great feeling to buy a piece of art you feel so strongly about. Making his day, made mine.
-die Ölfarber
