Wondering what Kobe, Lebron, and Kevin Durant were wearing during the 2011 NBA All-Star game yesterday? Well we’ve got you covered with detailed photos of the All-Star edition Zoom Kobe VI, Lebron 8/V2, Zoom KDIII, and the 360 BB low. Each model was inspired by the general theme of “Hollywood Blockbuster” movies with blue and red templates. The 8/V2 and both Zoom sneakers contain lenticular images on their tongues which change from each player’s particular logo to their specific conference’s image varying by the angle you’re looking at the sneaker.
Just for your Saturday viewing pleasure, Kanye turns it up with director Hype Williams for the “All of the Lights” video premiere. Joined by his co-stars on the track Kid Cudi and the ready to get smashed Rihanna (so sexy).
Question, is Saturday at 130pm during All-Star weekend the best time to premiere a video?I guess you can if you’re Ye but let us know what you think.
Nike Basketball premiered the Robert Rodriguez directed The Black Mamba on Facebook last night and at an All Star event in LA as well. Check out the entire film now. Let us know what you think.
Converse and Comme des Garçons have teamed up to create an updated version of the Jack Purcell sneaker. Available in March at Comme des Garçons stores and select vendors, the shoe will be have a $110 price point.
éS Skateboarding Proudly Presents the 15 Years of éS and Atiba Jefferson Photography iPad App
éS is the First Skateboard Brand to Release iPad App
The unique App features an overview of photos that legendary skateboard photographer Atiba Jefferson shot for éS over the past 15 years. The digital book brings you a vivid interactive consumer experience with features as videos and animated sequences that really bring the contents of the book to life.
* Introduction by Chris Nieratko
* Videos linked to the photos
* Photo captions written by Atiba himself
* Extra article from The Skateboard Mag, shot by Atiba, that is not included in the printed book
* Animated sequences
* Possibility to enlarge and save images
* Share functionality for Facebook and Twitter
Vans has begun the second year of its “Custom Culture Program” initiative where high school students across the United States highlight their creativity by customizing sneakers. This year’s top prize is $50,000 and the top five teams will be flown to New York to display their sneakers within a yet to be named museum.
The Vans Custom Culture contest begins registration on Friday, February 11, 2011, and will accept entries from up to 20 schools per state. High school students from art programs in five regions, including Northeast, Southeast, Northwest, Southwest and California, will have a chance to collectively tap into their creativity to craft designs for four pairs of Vans shoes, to be submitted for judgment. All registration and submissions will take place via the Vans Custom Culture Web site atvans.com/customculture. An online gallery will exhibit the complete collection of submissions for the world to see.
After the initial judging panel selects the top 50 submissions, Vans will open the voting to consumers through an online platform, thereby narrowing down the competition to the top school in each region.
Winning schools from each region will receive a trip to New York City in June, and will participate in the final event gala held at a world-famous art museum. A Vans panel of industry experts will deliberate to select the winner of the 2011 Vans Custom Culture program and the winning school will be announced at the gala.
For official rules, program information, registration and submissions, visit the Vans Custom Culture Web site at www.vans.com/customculture. To view past and present Custom Culture designs, interact with other Custom Culture fans, and ask questions about the Vans Custom Culture program, visitwww.facebook.com/vanscustomculture.
Supra has just announced the release of their latest sneaker the “Black Widow” Society. It’s a hi-top sneaker with a black canvas TUF upper, red leather accents, “Black Widow” tags, with red and white outsoles. Only 413 pairs have been produced so be on the lookout at your local sneaker boutique soon!
JOSÉ PARLÁ
WALLS, DIARIES, AND PAINTINGS
MARCH 3 - APRIL 16, 2011
OPENING RECEPTION: THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 6 - 9 PM
BRYCE WOLKOWITZ GALLERY
505 WEST 24TH STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10011
Walls, Diaries, and Paintings features fifteen new paintings, that chronicle Parlá’s exploration of the diverse places and cultures he has traversed. From Istanbul to Havana, from Tokyo to New York, the colors and textures of the neighborhoods and alleyways have found a forceful and moving resolution in Parlá’s works that are both inspirational and revealing.
Parlá’s work shows that words, signs, and marks come to mean more, over time, in this symphony of diversity, both incongruous and in harmony, that surrounds our contemporary life. His practice originated in graffiti’s experimental and collaborative approaches during the eighties. Although he has come to identify with and reflect on the compositions of Abstract Expressionism, particularly Jackson Pollock and the later incarnations of Cy Twombly, as well as the German New Symbolist works of Anselm Kiefer, he transcends these antecedents by making altogether singular expressions that are part theater, part language, and part archaeology.
It is however, Parlá’s early inspirations and influence that have had the deepest and most important impact on his current work. In that, beyond painting, whether academic or street, are his Latin origins, particularly Miami, where he grew up listening to Hip-Hop music and seeing the colors and sights that are specific to the architecture of that place.
A new monograph of José Parlá’s work, Walls, Diaries, and Paintings, will be available upon the exhibition’s opening. Published by Hatje Cantz, it includes essays by Isolde Brielmaier, Greg Tate, & Michael Betancourt. Click here to purchase.
Last week, at Le Poisson Rouge, DJ Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Garcia a.k.a. Kool Bob Love threw down on the turntables, with Lord Sear hosting, for an unforgettable 20th anniversary show that was full of surprise guests. Despite my camera battery giving up on the god halfway through the show, I still managed to get great footage. Stretch, Bobbito, and Sear haven’t skipped a beat with their comedic antics throughout the course of the show, which included making remarks about the crowd consisting mostly of men, as you’ll see in the video, and even “pausing” Buckshot when he spoke of his “relationship” with Stretch & Bobbito. Rare footage from WKCR 89-Tek-9 was also shown on a projector screen that included highlights from a 1992 show with Souls of Mischief. The list of guests and performers included a superfluous amount of acts that ranged from: DJ Spinna, Kenny Dope, DJ Eclipse, DJ Riz, DJ Homicide a.k.a. Hungry Jack, DJ A-Trak, DJ Premier, The Artifacts, Buckshot, Rock (Heltah Skeltah), Masta Ace, Raekwon, Masta Killah, The Beatnuts, Pain in da Ass (Jay-Z skits), Nice & Smooth, and Natural Elements. Much respect to Stretch, Bobbito, and Sear for an amazing night of Hip-Hop. Check out the video below for a highlight reel of the evening.
Also, Fool’s Gold Record’s very own Dust La Rock designed shirts for the anniversary that were sold during the show. If you happened to miss out, keep an eye on the Fool’s Gold website for their availability.
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