New Andy Warhol Skateboards
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From: Bintern.bnqt.com June 08, 2010 |
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This special limited edition board features Warhol's
awesome pink and green print of the Brooklyn Bridge.
If you want to be arsty and cultured, then pick up
one of ten Andy Warhol pop-art decks from Alien
Workshop.
Alien Workshop has released a new series of decks inspired by Andy Warhol to coincide with a new exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum. The Warhol series features ten new decks displaying his iconic images, including bananas, Marilyn Monroe and my personal favorite, the Campbell's soup can. You can browse the full selection and buy them online here.
Alien Workshop has also teamed up with the Andy Warhol Foundation to create a special deck for a new exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum called Andy Warhol: The Last Decade. The model was designed by pro skater pro Jason Dill and will be sold at the Brooklyn Museum store and other retailers.
Here is the full article about the exhibit and board from The Skateboard Magazine:
Alien Workshop continues their collaboration with the Andy Warhol Foundation with a Jason Dill pro model for the opening of Andy Warhol: The Last Decade a the Brooklyn Museum.
On June 17th, 2010 the Brooklyn Museum will open it s new exhibit: Andy Warhol: The Last Decade
In conjunction with this exhibit, Alien Workshop is proud to release the Warhol + Dill + Brooklyn Museum special limited exhibit model skateboard.
This board will be available in the Brooklyn Museum gift shop as well as finer skateboard shops throughout the world.
About Alien Workshop: Alien Workshop was founded in 1990 and has been an innovator and leader in the skateboard industry. Alien Workshop is available through DNA Distribution.
About The Andy Warhol Foundation: The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts was established in 1987. In accordance with Andy Warhol's will, its mission is the advancement of the visual arts. The Foundation's objective is to foster innovative artistic expression and the creative process by encouraging and supporting cultural organizations that in turn, directly or indirectly, support artists and their work. For more information about Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation please visit www.warholfoundation.org or The Andy Warhol Museum at www.warhol.org.
About the Brooklyn Museum: The Brooklyn Museum, housed in a 560,000-square-foot, Beaux-Arts building, is one of the oldest and largest art museums in the country. Its world-renowned permanent collections range from ancient Egyptian masterpieces to contemporary art, and represent a wide range of cultures. Only a 30-minute subway ride from midtown Manhattan, with its own newly renovated subway station, the Museum is part of a complex of nineteenth-century parks and gardens that also includes Prospect Park, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, and the Prospect Park Zoo. For more information about the Brooklyn Museum please visit www.brooklynmuseum.org.