Seeds archive

Seeds archiveThe artwork for this deck is directly inspired from Ai Weiweis iconic Sunflower Seeds installation at the Tate Modern in 2010. The installation puts into context the effects of globalization and mass production in China in feeding western consumerism, and pays respect to those often forgotten at the bottom of the production chain inevitably, it draws the conclusion that cheap labor work, at assembly lines within large factories for example, is a form

the artist pledges his stance in support of free speech

Before Jean-Michel Basquiat became one of the most significant artists of the 20th century

Rather than acting as a tool separate from himself

and pays respect to those often forgotten at the bottom of the production chain – inevitably

That’s why we recently collaborated with the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts to produce a series of Andy’s most iconic works: the Colored Campbell's Soup Cans

That’s why we recently collaborated with the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts to produce a series of Andy’s most iconic works: Colored Campbell’s Soup Can

There is an element of playfulness to his art

at assembly lines within large factories for example

the artist openly attacks institutions

Much like the rite of passage

The name Andy Hope 1930 acts more as a label rather a name – a gateway that allows the artists to travel in different directions freely

we revisited this series to to transpose 10 of the artist’s photographs to skateboards