Our friend Umar Rashid has just wrapped up another amazing exhibition at the renowned Blum Gallery in Culver City, Los Angeles. The show runs through the weekend, if you happen to catch this post in time. Either way, be sure to give him a follow on Instagram and explore more of his work.
We’re excited to bring back our “We Are The Romantic Ones” exhibition on Saint Valentine’s Night in 2025. This will be the fourth edition of the show, showcasing emotive, heart-driven artwork by a diverse group of artists we’re proud to call friends. The exhibition will run for a month, with the opening on Valentine’s Night from 6-9pm. Drop us a message for pre-show catalog of available work.
Since Stab put their recent article behind a paywall and it’s relevant to us in some ways, we thought we’d bring back the old Innocnts Blog to share it with you all. Now that the blog is back, we can hopefully continue sharing more interesting content that doesn’t quite fit on Instagram. There are a lot of takeaways from the article, as you’ll see. The main point is that it’s time to start supporting the smaller brands you like. The heritage brands are struggling, and the outlook doesn’t look promising for them. Have a read, and apologies for the font size—after all, that’s why it’s free!
@1peace1ply is a DIY project started by Tyler Stover with the simple goal of repurposing plywood used to board up local businesses during the recent protests. All that wood is likely doomed for landfills but instead can be used to create skateboard related obstacles like grind boxes and jump ramps. With minimal tools and supplies these obstacles can be built simply using one 4’ x 8’ piece of plywood.
As kids transition into the summer months, it’s important they have activities that keep them healthy and open minded. Through connections in various communities these recycled skate obstacles can make their way into areas where their impact can be felt the most.
We’ve put together a very simple how-to PDF that describes step-by-step the method that Tyler has created for the perfect all plywood grind box. Tools, time, and investment are minimal and with just a few friends, you can make a difference in your area for the next generation of skateboarders all the while making use of the wood going to waste. Organize some friends, hit up a local business for some plywood, make some grind boxes, and set up some youth for a summer of skateboarding.
@1peace1ply has a short list of volunteers ready to take your plywood if you’re in the LA / Ventura areas. We’ve already built a handful of boxes and dropped them off locally. They’re working great and we’re ready build more so drop us a line if you got some wood or know of a good home for the boxes we’ve built. If you’re outside of our physical reach we encourage you to start your own regional network. Put our PDF to use and get working! Let’s continue to lead by example as skateboarders.
1 sheet of plywood can make: One manual box with a grind rail or two kicker ramps
If you want to volunteer to collect Wood, store wood, make skate features, or anything else related to this project please drop us a line here.
It recently came to our attention that our friend Thomas whom we know from via his wonderful photography, is also a very accomplished painter as well. He recently shared some work he completed for a solo exhibition that unfortunately got cancelled due to COVID-19 but the work is know available for your viewing pleasure earlier than expected. We caught up with Thomas regarding this new body fo work and here’s what he had to say.
“Been working on these paintings during the past 9 months for a show that was to take place at my home in Darlinghurst, Sydney Australia. Unfortunately shit happens and the exhibition was canceled due to that virus thing. So here they are. All works are acrylic on cotton canvas.”
Quarantine life is real and all these live IG’s going down have definitely helped the time go by with some flavor. We reached out to our longtime contributor Alf Alpha to come through this Sunday and take over the Innocnts IG for a couple hours to play some good ol’ fashion hip-hop classic, lowrider oldies, and rare cumbia tracks. Please join us 12pm-2pm Sunday April 12th as well do the quarantine with class.
For inquires on work by Johanna click here.
JOHANNA OLK
Her skin was as soft as her heart and her eyes as dark as her soul
2020
acrylic on canvas
130x89cm
Innocnts Gallery will be participating in the 3rd annual OPaf @otherplacesartfair, taking place March 14th and 15th at Battery Leary-Merriam, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, California.
OPaf 2020 features forty three art project spaces and artists from the United States and Mexico.
Innocnts Gallery will be working with artists @nicoledodson_ and @stepchild666 to create a site specific installation with included performances (TBH) on both days of fair.
For more information leading up to fair give @otherplacesartfair a follow.
