Sean Cliver for Supreme - Skateboard Decks & T-Shirts

Sean Cliver will be collaborating with Supreme once again for two new skateboard decks and t-shirts for Supreme's Summer 2010 collection. Due out in the US and online on June 10th and then in Japan on the 12th, this will be a follow up to Cliver's initial collaboration with Supreme from June 2008. Check it out, as well as a brief history of Sean Cliver below. Very Cool.



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Legendary skateboard artist Sean Cliver was born in 1969 in Wisconsin. At the age of nineteen Sean Cliver noticed an “Artist Wanted” contest in Thrasher Magazine. The company behind the contest was Powell Peralta. Recognizing this as an opportunity of a lifetime, Sean decided to submit his artwork into the contest.

Sean’s artwork was selected as a finalist in the “Artist Wanted” contest and in January of ’89 boarded a flight towards California for an interview with George Powell. Three weeks later Sean Cliver received an offer of full-time employment as an in-house artist for Powell-Peralta.

After working over nineteen years in the skateboard industry and creating an abundance of skateboard graphics most notably his Ray Barbee Ragdoll graphic for Powell Peralta and shaping the identities of World Industries, 101, Birdhouse and Hook-Ups, Sean Cliver is acknowledged as a premier artist in the skateboard world.

Not restricting himself to the skate world, Sean was also a founding Senior Editor of Big Brother Magazine. Through this venture Sean was involved in the production of the magazine and the Big Brother videotape series, which would later transform into the Jack Ass TV show.

Feeling that there was a void in a published historical archive of skateboard artwork, Sean decided to author “Disposable: A History Of Skateboard Art”. “Disposable” showcases over 1000 skateboard graphics with assorted recollections from artists and pro skateboarders throughout the past three decades.

Bonus: 2008 Sean Cliver x Supreme Collaboration




Source: Supreme

Art on Deck

One of my favorite past times is to take a trip to the museum or a gallery and just look at all types of artwork. It always interest me to find new and appealing art. Sometimes I would love to be able to take some of the art at these galleries how with me however some of these pieces can range well into the millions of dollars. My next best alternative is to find artwork from the artist that will fit into my budget, and believe it or not some of the most relevant artist and photographers of our time have featured their work on skateboard decks. Here's a look at some skateboard decks by a few incredible artist that have caught my attention

Damien Hirst - Best known for his "For The Love of God" Diamond encrusted scull, "The Physical impossibility of death in the mind of someone living" Tiger shark suspended in formaldehyde and "LSD" series of reoccurring dots. Damian also set the world record for the most expensive piece of artwork ever sold at $198 million









Kaws-The Brooklyn based graffiti artist best known for his signature "XX" has work with everyone from musicians Pharrell Williams and Kanye Wesst to Kiehls lotion and New York Magazine on special edition products and paintings that can cost well into the hundreds of thousands of dollars





Takashi Murakami-Japanese born artist who is best known for his sculptures and "Superflat" form of artwork has worked on special edition bags and prints for Louis Vuitton recently had a sold out exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum and also has artwork that cost well into the hundreds of thousands of dollars





Terry Richardson - The NYC based photographer best known for his realism in photography, void of photoshopping or even made up models, his pictures have been used is almost every fashion publication relevant right now.





Marilyn Minter - The NYC based female photographer often uses sexually erotic undertones in her photography that usually has some type of "dirty" feel to the final product. Her work has been used for various high fashion labels.






Jeff Koons - The American artist best known for his giant reproductions of balloon animals made out of steel with mirror finish surfaces set the 2007 record for most expensive piece of artwork for an astonishing $23.6 Million

Death Wish "Last Supper" Deck Series

A lot of people dont know this about me but I collect skateboard decks. Some very influential artist have collaborated with companies on different decks and some very interesting photography and artwork has also appeared on skateboard decks. The latest set of decks that has caught my attention comes from Death Wish. The Death Wish team of riders consist of Lizard King, Furby, Erik Ellington, Antwuan Dixon, Jim Greco, and Brian Hansen who are all seated at the dinner table re-enacting Michelangelo’s masterpiece, The Last Supper. Each pro-rider takes their place along the iconic table and is represented on their respective decks. If you put all 6 decks together gets you a nice little Last Supper skate mural. If collecting all six is not in your budget, then you can opt for the DeathWish team deck, seen below. Very Cool


Source : The Hundreds

10.Deep x Expedition One Skate Decks

Yet another brand is coming out with their own special edition skateboard deck. 10.Deep is dropping its latest addition to the new Division Selects arsenal of special product - the "Knuckle" and the "Sticker Attack" skate decks. Designed and manufactured in collaboration with Expedition One, the "Knuckle" deck is limited to 100 pieces while the "Sticker Attack" is limited to 250.
As an extra treat, check out this clip of our own Daniel Kim skating one of the new decks.
Both decks will hit the 10.Spot tomorrow (December 1st) and selected retailers on December 4th.

Damien Hirst x Supreme

Supreme is once again working with acclaimed British artist, Damien Hirst. Hirst is known for his iconic graphic Spot paintings that depict rows of randomly-colored circles. Supreme will release a series of five individually designed decks and a Box Logo tee designed by Damien Hirst featuring his Spot paintings. I NEEEED that box logo tee. Very Cool!

These will be available at Supreme on November 19th and online November 23rd.

Marc by Marc Jacobs Skateboard Decks

Yet another person hopping on the skateboarding bandwagon is Marc Jacobs. Who probably had something to do with the LV x Steven Sprouse skateboard but thats just my guess. The skateboard deck which will be sold at his Marc by Marc Jacobs stores come in two graphics (shown above) and are available now with a limited run of 100 decks per graphic. I'm kinda diggin the one with the dude that looks like he fell off of the board. I might just scoop one and find someplace to hang it with my other Supreme decks.