Emerica & Slam City Skates present ‘Drinking The Kool-Aid’
Ed Templeton photo exhibition at Elms Lesters Painting Rooms in London

Ed Templeton (1972, Orange County, USA) is hard to pin down. At once professional skateboarder, owner of skateboard company ToyMachine, photographer, illustrator and painter, Ed’s work merges these activities on a level and democratic field of subculture art..

With origins in the skateboard and punk scenes, his work reflects the DIY aesthetic and endeavor of these cultures, which is furthered by having no formal training as an artist.

Templeton’s use and mingling of multiple mediums (painting and/or writing on photographs, etc.) demonstrates his non-hierarchical approach, whilst his subject matter in turn reflects an non-judgmental perspective of his surroundings. With subject matter not only delving into his personal relationships, but also seeking the outside streets and the activities surrounding the skate culture, Templeton reveals a phantasmagoria of images contextualizing a broader vision of contemporary youth culture.

Templeton has exhibited internationally at the Palais de Tokyo (Paris), Museum Het Domein (Netherlands), and Kiasma Museum (Helsinki), as well as participated in the influential Beautiful Losers exhibition and feature film. Currently there is also a huge (his biggest one to date) Ed Templeton exhibition at the S.M.A.K. Museum in Gent, Belgium (for more info see www.smak.be ).

Ed Templeton’s exhibition at Elms Lesters Painting Rooms is a personal chronicle that serves as a mirror for a broader reflection on what it means to be human.

The show takes place from Tuesday 6th April until Saturday 17th April 2010. Admission is free.
The opening hours are Monday to Saturday from 12.00 - 6.00 PM.

Thursday 8th April from 6 – 9 PM there’s an ‘Evening with Ed Templeton’ at Elms Lesters.
Everybody is invited to come and see Ed’s work and meet him in person.
RSVP is needed!!! Send an email with your full name and contact details to templeton@soletechnology.eu if you’d like to attend.
This same evening London Based Mörel Books (www.morelbooks.com) will release the limited edition booklet titled ‘Drinking the Kool-Aid’.

Agenda - avril 2010