Monday, March 9, 2009

"STAGES" -- Just another reason why I dig Nike (Livestrong x art world)


(L to R: Lance Armstrong, Mark Parker, Shepard Fairey*)
New art exhibition launching this summer in Paris. The artwork's all chosen Lance (who'll be racing again this summer), and the project was developed by Nike. The project illustrates "Livestrong's expanded global outreach in the fight against cancer & as a means of engaging the creative communicty in the shared struggle."
Artists in the show include: ED RUSCHA, RAYMOND PETTIBON, KAWS, ROSSON CROW, JR, TARYN SIMON, CHRISTOPHER WOOL, JULES DE BALINCOURT, SHEPARD FAIREY, JOSE PARLA, AARON YOUNG, MARC NEWSON, KENNY SCHARF, OS GEMEOS, YOSHITOMO NARA, ERIC WHITE, and DZINE. Lance will also ride some special "art bikes" -- collabs between Trek & some "modern art and design masters" MARC NEWSON, TAKASHI MURAKAMI, and DAMIEN HIRST.
(Fairey's the street-artist who painted that famous Hope pop-art portrait of Obama)

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