Ithaka's "THE REINCARNATION OF A SURFBOARD" (20th Anniversary)

http://artist.to/ithakasculpture

Ithaka's
THE REINCARNATION OF A SURFBOARD
20th Anniversary.


This video features examples
of works by contemporary artist,
ITHAKA,
for his project entitled
"The Reincarnation Of A Surboard".

The series began in 1989
and continues to the present day.

The sculptures presented were
all created using recycled surfboards
(surfboards that were too damaged
to be used for their intended purpose of riding waves).

As of mid-2010
there are 200+ sculptures
in the collection.

These pieces have been created
in California, Mexico, Japan, Portugal and Brazil -
and have been exhibited globally.

sites:
http://www.ithaka-1.com
http://artist.to/ithakasculpture
http://www.myspace.com/ithakasculpture


Ithaka
is represented
by Gallery WOA (Way Of Arts) in Europe
and
Galeria Alma Do Mar (South America).

contact:
ithaka.art@gmail.com



Contemporary artist, Ithaka, was born in 1966 near Los Angeles where he indulged in a cross-cultural pollination of both city and sea. He later established himself in Tokyo, Athens, Lisbon and finally Brazil - where he now resides.

He began his ongoing (200 piece +) sculpture series, THE REINCARNATION OF A SURFBOARD in 1989 after accidentally breaking one of his own surfboards in half, later restructuring and retexturing the destroyed board into a piece of wall-hanging sculpture. He has been constantly active with this medium ever since. His works have been exhibited in Europe, Asia, South America and the U.S. and featured in hundreds of magazines and television programs.

In 2006, a documentary written and directed by Susanna Lira called "The Road To Ithaka" won the BEST SCRIPT AWARD at the Brazilian FATU film festival. The film overviews all aspects of the artist's work, life and process in Rio de janeiro. He is represented globally by Gallery WOA (Way Of Arts) in Lisbon where his last major solo showing was hosted in late 2007-early 2008. His work has also been seen at the Museum of Image and Sound in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Ithaka's sculpture work has been published in various books, most notably David Carson's "The End Of Print" (published 2000-USA), "Belong" by Jennifer Morton (published 2004-Canada), and Robb Havassy's "Surf Story"(published 2009-USA).

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[surfboardsculpture]

ITHAKA exhibit:

" PRANCHAS REENCARNADAS" (aka The Reincarnation Of A Surfboard)

Gallery Alma Do Mar - Sao Paulo, Brazil

October 14th-November 12 2010

[maxadamia82]

VISIONARY  -------->

[SalSurf7]

Bello !

[teabagone]

so many facets of charachter!



[AnaVidPimp]

this is great !

[sweatlodgetv]

INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THIS PROJECT HAS EVOLVED THRU THE YEARS

[leblon66]

Donde posso ver estas obras pessoalmante ???

[JapanBigSurf1]

絶対にすばらしい!

ベスト !

[roadtored]

You rock Bro! ; )~