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If you are in or traveling to California this month you will be pleased to hear that “Skateboard” has been extended through August 29th at the California Heritage Museum.

The museum has pulled together more that 275 skateboards from some of the most impressive collections available. The exhibit houses skates, scooters and modern boards tracing the development of the technology through the decades.

The California Heritage Museum is located in Santa Monica, the birthplace of contemporary skateboarding. It was here, in Dogtown that the sport of short shorts and banana boards matured into the physical and visual expression that is now cherished internationally.

SKATEBOARD: Evolution & Art in California
14 November 2009 – 29 August 2010
California Heritage Museum
Santa Monica, CA

If you are in NYC, be sure to stop by the Andrea Meislin Gallery for “Vapor Trails,” a selection of themed photography from Michal Ronnen Safdie.

Michal Ronnen Safdie, SKR21, ultrachrome print, 2009.

Michal Ronnen Safdie is an accomplished photojournalist with some amazing recent coverage from Israel, Darfur and Rwanda. “Vapor Trails” represents the gallery work of this socially active photographer. Her forays into the art world tend to initiate from an interest in the visuals of semi-natural phenomena.

Michal Ronnen Safdie, SKR3, ultrachrome print, 2008.

Summer is an excellent time to take in these daily patterns of progressive commerce. Find someone nice and lay around in the grass or get out and see this show.

Michal Ronnen Safdie, SKR8, ultrachrome print, 2008.

Michal Ronnen Safdie
Vapor Trails
3 June – 30 July 2010
Andrea Meislin Gallery
NYC

A selection of photographs from Peter Bialobrzeski’s series, “Paradise Now” is on view at the L.A. Galerie in Frankfurt, Germany. The series has also been released as a book available for purchase at Hatje Cantz.

Peter Bialobrzeski, Paradise Now Nr. 24, c-print, 2009.

The artist has skirted the edges of several large Asian cities documenting trees and plants that receive unnatural light from these urban areas. Some of the images have been left untouched while others have been digitally manipulated in post production with fantastic results.

Peter Bialobrzeski, Paradise Now Nr. 18, page 45 c-print, 2009.

Despite the futuristic allure exhibited in these works, Bialobrzeski clearly has environmental concerns. This work should be applauded for the reminder that without continued effort to change, this planet may be facing a dismal end.

Peter Bialobrzeski, Paradise Now Nr. 18, c-print, 2009.

Peter Bialobrzeski
Paradise Now
30 April – 26 June 2010
L.A. Galerie
Frankfurt, Germany