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Andy "Byrd" Davis, perhaps the most obvious of the so-called retro-progressive surf artists, has a half dozen paintings up. "I wish I surfed like that," comments one observer. Indeed, the lines in Davis' paintings are flowing and strong and colorful -- who wouldn't want to surf like that?
In the artifacts realm, we've got a few Harry Daley-painted, Jim Banks-shaped shortboards; a spray-painted old pig of a board by Barry "Twist" McGee that drips, "Go Home!"; a couple pints of oil brought straight from the beaches of Galicia, courtesy the Prestige oil spill last November; a 30-foot tangled dinosaur of a barrel made from leftover foam corners; hand-sewn board socks by Michelle Lockwood … plus dozens more, all sandwiched in together, spilling over the walls of the gallery -- and soon to spill onto the pages of a book, due to come out winter '03.
"I think we've all got a little Attention Deficit Disorder," curator Tim Rosa explains about the sheer volume of material. "Sure, lots of people are used to minimalist art shows and stuff -- but I want to load it up, you know?" He looks around the gallery, waving his hands, trying to take it all in. "Even if we had double the wall space, I'd just get way more cool stuff."
Throw nostalgia out the window and bring it on. --Marcus Sanders
*Surf Style will travel to New York in Spring '04; London in Summer '04; Tokyo in Fall '04 and Sydney in Fall '05. More info: www.surfstyle.org
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