Mollusk Surf Shop Gallery is proud to announce our second solo show with Alex Kopps, ”A Turn for the Worse.”
The opening reception is at Mollusk Surf Shop (4500 Irving Street at 46th Avenue, SF) on June 20, 7:00–10:00 PM. Special musical guests the Buttholes Urfers will surely invigorate the reception. The show runs through August 5.
Alex has been an integral part of Mollusk Family since we opened our doors in 2005 creating t-shirts, posters and art for the shop. Currently Alex has been begun work on his own homespun surf film, “Displacement.” The film is based around an obscure surf subculture inspired by the designs of George Greenough and later refined by Greg Liddle through his displacement hulls, or what its proponents call “stubbies.” Displacement will combine 1970s super-8 footage from “stubbie” dungeon master Steve Krajewski and the generally DIY approach to contemporary mixed media supplied by Kopps. Alex has always enjoyed challenging structure in his art, which is also evident in his filmmaking.
Alex Kopps attended school at The California College of Arts in San Francisco, where he continues to live and work as an artist. Alex’s visual art consists of paintings with gouache on wood and paper with subject matter that is largely nonobjective but aesthetically has strong ties to the natural world. When in the gallery, he tends towards installation using diverse materials such as live grass, scrap wood, and sewn together U.S. currency that he cuts into silhouette form or, more recently, has sewn into makeshift clothing.
“A Turn for the Worse” will include paintings, one of a kind screen print,s and even video from his long awaited film.
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Alex Kopps has shown with Museum Het Domein (Sittard, The Netherlands), Monster Children Gallery (Sydney, Australia), New Image Art (Los Angeles, California), Gallery AD (San Jose, California), Orange County Museum of Art (Newport Beach, California), SuperDeluxe (Minato-ku, Japan), 21 Grand (Oakland, California) and The Luggage Store (San Francisco, California).
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You have me to thank for this. I did it for you. I attended the show and was blown away at the fine detail in the work; the genre a little passeʻ but overall a fine addition to the group of rising “surf art” stars.
No Audiʻs parked on the street, no Saabʻs with 5 boards and pro bags covering 10ʻ longboards, No BMW Blue Crush 5 chick transporters, no Subaruʻs packed with little yuppies from Palo Alto that frequent 2 mIle Surf Shop on the weekends when they bomb Bolinas and then check-in over here mid beach mid day all sun drenched and surfed out from partaking in the natural elements explained in Alexʻs art. Doink.
The long awaited film is of Alex HAND PAINTING Meyerhoffer boards for anyone who lives in marin and drives an audi.
What does BVBVBVBVBVBVBVBVBVBV have against black audis? What does BV* drive I wonder? What is the legitimate car for the hard-core surfer? A 2001 toyota 4WD pickup?
I live at the beach and therefore do not have to drive. If thereʻs no surf here I “cam surf” the coast.
However, FYI I own a paid for early model Ford Ranger for surf trips. It does not look like a ” surf car.”
The Black Audi is the kind of Bay Area Yuppie status symbol that screams ʻ I want to be noticed!ʻ Donʻt ask me why they spend 44,000.00 and then pay out more to the high end mechanic when the turbo switch fries or the 4 struts fail all at once at 45,000 miles, ask a driver…
As for the surf…?
Ah, the ford Ranger. That’s got surf cred in spades. Perhaps you could make a list of “hot” surfing cars and “not” surfing cars to help the clueless surf car shoppers with their next purchases?
The Honda Element was gay when it first appeared as a “surf car” but the ones around the hood are fast becoming a fine kind of shabby chic; having not been able to withstand the salty beach air thus creating a nice patina.
Any early model truck (or car for that matter) Ford Exploder, Dodge Ram, Ford Ranger is acceptable to the locals.
Cars that scream “Burbtrannie: Audi, SAAB, BMW with a big fat WISE logo on the racks are not cool. I have spied a few brightly colored Giant Hot Wheels Toyota Land Cruisers and there is always some white collar Ken and Barbie type behind the wheel;I saw one racing down Fulton at about 65 miles an hour, behind him another car, yep, a MINI Cooper driven by none other than another white collar Ken type.
Another rule of thumb is to not park at the beach along La Playa. The Sloat parking lot is the safest and then of course the Linda Marvin lot always has plenty of space – this I know from not looking.
Thank you very much for sharing !!
STROKE REPORT: You and a million of your friends that surf like mini-gods. Post more pictures!
R.I.P. Yeeeeeeeeeeee!
( I am Kelly Slater, DUKE and Jesus Machado in one soulful being).
STROKE REPORT:
R.I.P.:
Rant – Why I won’t be posting any more public reports
I went down and checked the beach this morning, but I won’t be reporting what I saw.
I’ve been getting a really hard time from my friends for posting a report and participating in discussions here this week. Apparently, my buddies – the guys who I see around the neighborhood, surf with, have over for dinner, and whose weddings I attend – are lurkers on this site and pretty far from stoked on it. They’re even less stoked on me for using it. So, even though I’m close to defining my own ethical boundaries around publicly reporting (don’t report on points or reefs, don’t report on any OB street specifically, don’t report when it’s epic, only consider reporting on North OB, South OB, Lindamar, and the Jetty, always use my real name and real picture when reporting) I won’t be exercising those boundaries. I promised my friends that I won’t post any more public reports here. I’m sticking around, though. I’ll continue ranting, commenting, and lurking.
My buddies brought up some good points that have me thinking. Some follow:
* If StokeReporters feel good about what they’re doing, why report behind profile pictures and usernames that hide their real identities?
* If StokeReporters are really interested in community, why haven’t they put in the time to learn about the existing beach community? For example, “angry guy” has a real name and nickname that everyone in the existing OB community knows well.
* If StokeReporters don’t even know the name of a break, what are they doing reporting on it?
I lived in Hawaii for a few years, and hearing how my friends talk about StokeReport reminds me a lot of how the Hawaiians talk about the sovereignty movement. The general feeling is very similar — a sense of invasion from a foreign group that storms in uninvited, disregards the culture, topples the government, ignores the language, and desecrates the temples. Honestly, I can empathize with their feelings.
Does anyone know where I can purchase
the artwork of Alex Kopps? This forum
hasn’t shed any light on the surf artist.
Mollusk Holiday Craft Fair.