RIP Spine

Janina Hübner — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 11:10:51 +0000

Less than a month ago my other half Chris closed Spine skate shop in Worcester which he’d run for the last 11 years. For the last 5 years Chris and I used the wall space in Spine to run a little gallery and enjoyed putting on shows for friends and artists we admired. It gave Worcester a much needed, independent outlet/venue for local artists and gave us the opportunity to put on shows by artists from outside of the city.

Here’s a sample of just some of the shows we had over the years. RIP Spine.

Shows:

Curious Creatures, a group show and zine featuring illustrations based on the titl
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e. Artists included Jeremyville, French, Dave the Chimp, Jon Burgerman to name a few.
Chris Johnson, skate photographer from Worcester who went on to become Staff Photographer for the UK’s Sidewalk skate mag.
Robert Darch, photographer and now filmmaker.
Kev Grey, from Liverpool, black and white tattoo and comic book style illustrations
Log Roper, from Birmingham, paintings and prints based on family and personal nostalgia
Simon Peplow, formerly based in Birmingham, paintings, prints and illustrations
Phlegm Comics, prints, comics and comic illustrations by Sheffield based artist.

Skateboard Museum

Janina Hübner — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 09:56:22 +0000

FauxAmi Exhibitions / SKATEBOARD MUSEUM Stuttgart

FauxAmi Exhibitions was founded in 2002 as an artist association organizing and curating art shows. In 2003 the corner stone was set for the Skateboard Museum Stuttgart. After a temporary exhibition called SKATEBOARDFEVER covering the whole skateboard culture and history the exhibition became permanent. The first and only Skateboard Museum in Europe.

FauxAmi Exhibitions has also created several touring exhibitions like SKATEBOARDFEVER, “THE MAGS WE READ”- the history of skateboard magazines, THE ART OF SKATEBOARDING and FREAKS! OF NATURE – the origin of skateboards. Based on an exhibition about Skateboard footwear and the world’s largest collection of skateboard shoes, FauxAmi released the book MADE FOR SKATE – THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF SKATEBOARD FOOTWEAR in 2009.

Other than publications, FauxAmi is writing several columns for skateboard magazines, developing iPhone/ iPad Applications, creating special exhibitions for trade shows next to heritage marketing and doing research for skateboard brands.

The Skateboard Museum’s integrated gallery space offers the possibility to exhibit all kinds of Skateboard related artists and their art: from photography to painting, from illustration to video, all mediums are welcome and appreciated with temporary special exhibitions. The space also serves as a platform for the more unknown but not less interesting artists.

More about FauxAmi – http://www.fauxami.de/FauxAmi_Skateboardfever_2002_2009.pdf

More info about the participating artists:

http://www.skateboardmuseum.de/FauxAmi_BLOOOM_Zine_Artists_Info.pdf

Contact:
FauxAmi – Exhibitions / SKATEBOARD MUSEUM Stuttgart
Jürgen Blümlein, Daniel Schmid
Postfach 205
Rungestraße 22-24
10179 Berlin – Germany

eMail: Skate@FauxAmi.de
mob.: 0172 74 84 286

Exhibitions ( extract )

2002 PixelPop / Pixelplastik Stuttgart – Germany

2003 SKATEBOARDFEVER Stuttgart – Germany

2004 SKATEBOARDFEVER Berlin – Germany

2005 SKATEBOARDFEVER / THE ART OF SKATEBOARDING Barcelona – Spain

2006 SKATEBOARDFEVER Zurich – Switzerland

2007 MADE FOR SKATE London – UK

2007 MADE FOR SKATE Vienna – Austria

2007 BLOOD INK AND TEARS – The art of Todd Bratrud Berlin – Germany

2009 MADE FOR SKATE Amsterdam

2010 FREAKS! of Nature Berlin – Germany

2010 THE ART OF SKATEBOARDING – Blooom Art Fair Cologne – Germany

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