RVCALOHA 2019 | HOSOI HAMMERHEAD SHOW

RVCALOHA 2019 | HOSOI HAMMERHEAD SHOW

THE MAIN EVENT OF RVCALOHA 2019 TOOK PLACE DECEMBER 4TH AND WAS A NIGHT TO REMEMBER. THE EVENING’S EXHIBITION, ENTITLED 'THE #HAMMERHEADSHOW', WAS A UNIQUE EXHIBITION SHOWCASING OF ARTWORK DEDICATED TO CHRISTIAN HOSOI, INSPIRED BY HIS LONG LEGACY IN SKATEBOARDING AND THE ORIGINAL HAMMERHEAD DECK PAINTED BY KEITH HARING FOR CHRISTIAN BACK IN 1986. THE SHOW FEATURED OVER 50 ARTISTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD, RANGING FROM CLOSE FRIENDS OF THE LEGENDARY SKATEBOARDER, TO THOSE WHO IDOLIZED HIM AND HIS ICONIC STYLE FROM AFAR. REPLICAS OF THE ORIGINAL HAMMERHEAD DECK WERE PROVIDED TO EACH ARTIST TO PAINT AND EACH WAS HUNG ALONG WITH AN ACCOMPANYING CANVAS, TO CREATE A ONE OF A KIND COLLECTION AND ART SHOW. PROCEEDS FROM THE PURCHASE OF EACH WORK WILL BE DONATED TO CHARITABLE CAUSES OF THE ARTISTS’ AND CHRISTIAN’S CHOICE. KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR FUTURE EVENT DATES, AS THIS IS THE FIRST OF MANY TO COME.

VIDEO BY BRANDON JENSEN

 

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