Decked Out

Decked Out

November 2–December 7, 2007
Perhaps more than any other consumer product, snowboards have challenged the distinctions that have traditionally separated fine art from mass-produced functional objects. When Burton Snowboards, in partner-ship with Jager Di Paola Kemp Design began to feature work by fine artists on snowboard surfaces in the early 1990s, they assumed the legacy of Andy Warhol who merged popular culture with avant-guard art, and adopted commercial mass-production techniques in his studio “The Factory”.

This exhibition juxtaposes the original work of eight artists with snowboards that feature their designs and features Burton Snowboard’s newest products with artwork by Andy Warhol. By using the silkscreen technique, we begin to explore the art-historical precedent for this eroding distinction between commercial and fine art.

Decked Out is curated by Katie Attanasio and Christopher Thompson.

This exhibition is generously underwritten by Laurent & Cathy Potdevin with additional support from Burton Snowboards.

The Andy Warhol by Burton collection is produced under a license from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc., a New York not-for-profit corporation which promotes the visual arts, www.warholfoundation.org.
Location: Firehouse Gallery