An exhibition created by Andy Howell in collaboration with some of the most influential artists in the world across the genres of art, music, film, and fashion, has been postponed.
Previously scheduled for August through September of 2009, the launch of the exhibition has been postponed due to financial difficulties faced by the first participating institution. The development of the complete exhibition experience and its modular exhibits continues while we interview other possible domestic and/or international venues for the launch and subsequent exhibitions.
About 43000 Crimes: The Collaboration Conspiracy:
Far more than an exhibition of art – it is simultaneously an intellectual, emotional, spiritual and physical event series that will envelope everyone who experiences it. It is a confluence of sight, sound and participation for a generation fused by creative diversity. An artistic collaboration whose explosiveness is an anthem of freestyle expression, which resonates through a cultural cross-pollenation of action-oriented creatives, fine artists, and new media enthusiasts. 43,000 Crimes:The Collaboration Conspiracy is immersive experience into the most current creative inspiration influencing popular culture.
43,000 Crimes is a snapshot of the ever-evolving world of dynamic expression, which discards the notion of genre and medium as a means of definition, redefining itself with each new piece of work. Howell describes it as “neo-contemporary, a visual combination of new culture, method, and technology with no regard for rules or boundary of expression,” and cites Andy Warhol—who blurred the line between the fine art and commercial worlds— as an early inspiration.
The exhibition mocks the fact that skateboarding, hip hop, and original street art were once considered crimes, like so many revolutions in thought and culture before them. Hip Hop artists have pushed the boundaries by creating new genres of music; visual artists and designers have brought a new ruling aesthetic to the world’s communications outlets; and skateboarders have influenced sibling action sports to a new level of sickness. The result is a world where the techniques of this neo-contemporary art movement are taught in high schools and art colleges worldwide, where skateboarding has overtaken staple intramural sports like baseball and football as the activity of choice for youth, where a skater jumps out of a flying helicopter and over the great wall of China, and where Hip Hop music has influenced every genre from punk rock to country and become the most prominent popular music in the world.
Exhibition Artists
Gallery Collaborators
Andy Howell (US)
Shepard Fairey (US)
Natas Kaupas (US)
James Marshall - AKA Dalek (US)
Tilt (FR)
El Mac (US)
Retna (US)
Estevan Oriol (US)
Marke Newton (FR)
Andy Jenkins (US)
Sam Flores (US)
BOOKS IIII (US)
Ginger Che (US)
mars-1 aka Mario Martinez (US)
Jeremy Fish (US)
Kenton Parker (US)
Leo Scalpel (FR)
Timer Martinez (US)
Ben Woodward (US)
Andrew Jeffrey Wright (US)
Ephemeron (BE)
Laurina Paperina (IT)
Odd Studio (AUS)
David Carvalho / HelloKarpa (POR)
Blek Le Rat (FR)
Persue (US)
Mark Gonzales (US)
Anthony Lister (AUS/US)
Eli Gessner (US)
Mike Kershnar (US)
Jürgen Blümlein / Faux Ami (GER)
Thais Beltrame (BR)
Flip (BR)
Sesper (BR)
Tinho (BR)
Pato (BR)
Flavio Samelo (BR)
Tito Kahbie SIXFEET (BR)
AIKO / FuriFuri (JP)
Andrew Pommier (CAN)
Steve Caballero (US)
Rory Wilson (US)
Peat Wollager (US)
Luca Ionescu (AUS)
Yo Amo La Leche (ARG)}
Jesse Olande (US)
New Media Collaborators
}Graffiti Research Labs
Musicians - Collaborators
Dallas Austin, Multi-Platinum, Grammy Award winning artist (US)
Lil Jon, Multi-Platinum Grammy Award winning artist (US)
Rich Bennett, Producer/Artist (US)
KRS-One, Grammy Award nominated Artist (US)
Film/Video and Animation Collaborators
Jose Gomez, Emmy Award winning Motion Graphics artist
(ShiloStudio.com) (US)
Ted Newsome, Producer/Actor (American Misfits
FUEL TV Network) (US)
Rob Dyrdek, MTVs Rob and Big, Rob Dyrdek’s Fantasy Factory, Professional
Skateboarder, Executive Producer (US)
Jeff King, FUEL TVs Built To Shred, Producer, Ramp Designer (US)
Jesse Olande, Animator (US)
Skate Architects—Collaborators
Andy Howell (US)
Rob Dyrdek (US)
Jeff King (US)
Paul Schmitt (US)
Ted Newsome (US)
Fashion Designers - Collaborators
Anthony Yamamoto, Billabong (US)
Ginger Che (US)
Dallas Austin (US)
Skateboard Scientist – Collaborator
Paul Schmitt (PS Stix), CreateASkate.org (US)
ARTSPROJEKT invites benefactors, curators, and museum directors to contact us for a complete exhibition proposal and financial information for this exhibition.
Please email andy.howell@artsprojekt.com for further information.