John Van Hamersveld on his “1963 Makaha Skateboard Sidewalk Surfing”. It all started with steel skates nailed to a 2×4 in 1953, 61 years ago.
John Van Hamersveld has a new mural, tiled into ten 4’x5′ units to create one giant artistic statement, in the main entrance to the Topaz San Pedro building, located at 222 West 6th Street, just down the street from Van Hamersveld’s new gallery space,Post-Future: The Art Co. at Williams Book Store at 443 West 6th St., San Pedro, CA.
CALIFORNIA LOCOS, Concept by Dave Tourje, Design by Chaz Bojorquez and John Van Hamersveld, Production by Andrés Cuervo
This is just one of the many incredible activities, JVH has undertaken recently. John Van Hamersveld and Dave Tourje have completed a variety of creative-driven projects including gathering an art posse to be reckoned with in the California Locos crew of John Van Hamersveld, Dave Tourje, Gary Wong, Norton Wisdom and Chaz Bojorquez. The installation of their art at the Red Pipe Gallery and the Medina Gallery in Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA, made for one of the best events of Summer 2014.
Bertlemann Surfing Walk of Fame by John Van Hamersveld, 2014
Tourje also orchestrated a partnership with Larry Bertlemann and Van Hamersveld for a Bertlemann graphic tribute, as John Van Hamersveld and Larry Bertlemann were both inducted into the Surfing Walk of Fame this summer.
Check out this update from Whitehot Magazine on the ongoing collaborations of artists Dave Tourjé and John Van Hamersveld – A history of creative association.
Next up on the agenda will be an East Coast appearance during Art Basel as Tourje and Van Hamersveld take the California Locos art to Miami, Florida, Dec 2-7, 2014.
CALIFORNIA LOCOS, represented by Coagula Curatorial’s Mat Gleason, brings over 50 years of Southern California art culture to Context Miami, December 2-7, 2014. The traveling show, which premiered with positive press and curious crowds in Los Angeles earlier this year, features the work of legendary artists Chaz Bojorquez, Dave Tourjé, John Van Hamersveld, Norton Wisdom and Gary Wong: artists who are deeply rooted in the Southern California landscape, each having been influenced and inspired by the surf, skate, punk rock, and the barrio culture that is Los Angeles.
John Van Hamersveld’s Signs of Life Visual Art Display @ Freemont Street in Vegas
Dave Tourje, John Van Hamersveld and Gary Wong in front of Pipeline Wave at Cal State Northridge, 2013, photo by Andrés Cuervo
2014 Surfing Walk of Fame inductees John Van Hamersveld and Larry Bertlemann signing posters at post-induction party, 2014. Photo by Andrés Cuervo
Dave Tourje, POP, 2013. Mixed media on acrylic glass. 108 x 108 in. Zuniga collection, Pasadena, Ca., USA
Just a few of JVH’s posters from the archives.
http://californialocos.com/ and http://www.johnvanhamersveld.com/
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