Photographer Shawn Mortensen has launched his new website. Most of you should be familiar with his work from collaborations with FUCT and Supreme. The site shows his latest projects, a long list of impressive works.

http://www.shawnmortensen.org

Make sure to check it out!

Artist Evan Hecox has released his latest print, entitled "Berlin Tower". The five color screenprint shows a scene out of Berlin Mitte life.

It is now available in the Arkitiponline store and can be pre-ordered for 125 USD. The print is limited to 200 pieces and will be shipping as of September 21rst.

Span of Sunset, Inc. is proud to present Keiichi Nitta products to celebrate the opening of his "I Think Japanese People Should Be More Open" exhibition at The Constant Gallery. Keiichi Nitta products will be available in-store and online beginning tomorrow, September 6th.

For the exhibition some special product will be available, including t-shirt collaborations with Deluxe and The Bowery Boys. Furthermore they created a portfolio of photographs released in quantity of 200 pieces for Keiichi Nitta's solo show. The book has 40 pages and was produced by The Constant Gallery.

After the jump a look at the t-shirts and the look at a couple of pages of the photo book.

In conjunction with French collective ill-Studio, Scion presents *The Art of Music* at its 4,500 square foot Installation L.A. Gallery.  This exhibition celebrates the intertwining of art and music, and their mutually nurturing relationship.  Music and art have become directly linked by their similar creative approach, especially as they evolve and complement each other through records, posters and flyers.  Art can give music a visual dimension in the same way music can illustrate art.  Both are connected by a common global image and culture.  The Art of Music brings together fifteen international artists to exhibit their visual interpretation of music.

Every music style has its own visual identity that manifests in accompanying artwork and can elevate a great record or band to iconic status.  From psychedelic rock to rave and death metal, punk or hip hop, music has brought many talented artists to the limelight.  In the same manner, many artists, such as Peter Saville, Pushead and Raymond Pettibon, provided music artists and record labels another dimension, bringing them to their now legendary status.  Nowadays, record covers, concert posters and party flyers are viewed as a modern canvas by artists, enabling them to express their work in a medium that travels from hand to hand and outside of the traditional art world.  This group show celebrates this "art of music," taking it temporarily from the people's hands and exhibiting it in a gallery space.
 
The opening reception takes place September 6, 7:00 P.M. – 10:00 P.M. at the Scion Installation L.A. Gallery, 3521 Helms Ave. (at National), Culver City, CA 90232. The show will run until September 27. 

More examples of "The Art of Musics" works following the jump.

Yesterday artist Jimm Lasser opened his exhibition in New York, with Obama being the theme of the exhibition. The Obama Force One is one of the most interesting pieces exhibited. The Air Force 1 got a make-over by the artist with graphics engraved into the outer sole.

The left shoe reads "A Black Man Runs And A Nation Is Behing Him" and the right shoe features Barack Obama himself, who is also featured on the inner sole.

If you have the chance, make sure to check out the exhibition

T Y S O N S P A C E
328 NW Broadway, No. 116 (between Flanders and Everett)
Portland
6-9pm

More images of the sneaker follow after the jump.

A Philadelphia native, Robert Crumb arrived in San Francisco during the year 1967. There he became the leader of the growing "comix" movement and set new standards for adult satire. in the world of streetwear, R. Crumb's work has stretched beyond the comic strip to land on a collection from Supreme. A new exhibition at the ICA Philadelphia explores the full career of R. Crumb in a variety of artistic ventures and settings.

Opening September 5, and running until December 7, R. Crumb's Underground surveys his entire career. Themes of sex, social satire, jazz and the blues help to frame the artists work. It is the largest R. Crumb exhibition to date in the United States.

Isetan, the Japanese department store, opened today the Art Convenience Store, a new temporary section, that presents a special line-up of products by companies such as Visionaire, Nike, Ksubi, Undercover, Visvim and many others. The idea is to present a range of products that are made in collaboration with artists.

Interesting products that you will find in the Isetan Art Convenience Store are a Visionaire x Goyard trunk, that features 50 issues and they are msde to order. Also they will be carrying a special UGG boot collection, with several boots designed by Japanese artists and brands, the Visvim x Mastermind FBT Shaman, special Undercover product, a Hello Kitty Kubrick and more.

We give you a look at some of the releases after the jump.

Renowned director and MASH SF founder Mike Martin has produced a trio of tees for United Arrows Japan. The three are available exclusively from United's Beauty and Youth store and take their images direct from Mike's portfolio. A close up of a bikes should be a no surprise option, while the others have a bit stronger back story. For example, the portrait shows a friends scar from a car accident. They are limited to 50 per style. (Via Mike Martin on Honeyee).

Close ups of the portrait from Mike Martin's United Arrows tees after the jump.

Swiss skate shop 242 has made big waves with their last deck series, that they did in collaboration with Plus 41. This time they got together with local tattoo artist Wido De Marval.

Inspired by Japanese culture and tattoo design, the artist created three decks that mostly play with the "cut off head" images, an image that is very often seen in Japanese art, representing the fragility of the Samurai soldier, who should be ready at any time to die.

The 242 x Wido de Marval deck set is now available.

Arkitip goes from one strength to the next in recent months and never strikes to surprise and yet come out with something more impressive than the previous time. Today they announced that there next issue will come in collaboration with artist Ryan McGinness and packaged once again by Incase.

"Published on the occassion of the Aesthetic Comfort exhibitions in the Fall of 2008 at Artcore in Toronto, and the Cincinnati Art Museum."

We will keep you posted!