Russ Pope

“The new issue of @hokemmagazine has a multi page interview / piece written on me by @productofbobscales …. Go get a copy now from @hokemmagazine … Hokem is a thoughtfully curated and assembled large form newsprint magazine for folks who love bikes, addressing all the things that folks love in addition to cycling, like making art, drinking coffee, taking photographs, designing products…. Thanks Bob.” – Russ

“All The Pretty Colors” is up for viewing until years end.

“All The Pretty Colors” Is a group of paintings made from drawings I did throughout summer, and Fall of this year (2024) while traveling with my wife Jennifer and our dog Leo through New England and Canada.

From Nova Scotia, lake and coastal spots in Maine, the Sea Coast of New Hampshire, to the Green Mountains and lakes in Vermont. They all lent themselves as inspiration to my drawings and paintings that are included in this show.

I really enjoyed the speedy, loose process working on these paper pieces, and am excited to come and share them with folks in Kyoto at Pilgrim. I hope you enjoy having a little of North Eastern North America brought to Japan.

California on the Brain
When: Saturday July 13th | 5pm to 9pm
Where: Adler / Smith Gallery 1636 Ocean Park Blvd. Santa Monica, CA. 90405

Live music starts at 6pm – with Adam Topol (Jack Johnson, Sprout House Band) and special guests.
Russ Pope on display with a series of paintings on canvas and paper. Along with the ‘Mail Correspondence Project’ – a series of 20 collaborative works with a variety artists.

Evening sponsored by Ziobaffa

American artist Russ Pope discusses the soundtrack to his work and guides us through his favourite spots in Milano.

Born in Los Angeles in 1970 and grown up in the Californian skateboarding and punk scenes, where he first started sketching, Russ Pope is an artist and illustrator who never hid his love for music and everything that defines a hip lifestyle, from clothes to classic cars and designer interiors.

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Opening May 8th, 2024 from 6 p. m.
until May 18th

Love Letters to Milan
Russ Pope, Type 7 and Antonio Colombo gallery around Milan.

Russ Pope
with
Andrea Salvino
Anthony Ausgang
Fred Stonehouse
Marco Cingolani
Massimo Giacon
Matteo Guarnaccia
Salvo

A love letter to Milan through the eyes of Russ Pope (b. 1970, USA), whose characteristic style of illustration finds a new light in conveying the bustle, motion, and elegance of Milan, a city close to his heart.
In partnership with Type 7 and ERG Media, Pope created a panoramic composition of the city, spanning its most iconic haunts and characters, infused with his trademark wit and impressionistic linework inspired by his childhood immersion in skateboarding and counterculture.
The work was first featured as a unique touch in the Type 7 Guide to Milan, published in 2024 by ERG Media , and now presented in association with Type 7 and Antonio Colombo Arte Contemporanea. The exhibition encompasses a supergraphic of the work Milano, Salone 2024 by Pope, as well as a rare insight into Pope’s artistic process, including the original drafts of composition.

The exhibition continues downstairs, where the the city and its many complexities are rendered once again in focus by the following artists:

Andrea Salvino
Anthony Ausgang
Fred Stonehouse
Marco Cingolani
Massimo Giacon
Matteo Guarnaccia
Russ Pope
Salvo

Each representing, through their own unique approaches, the radical socio-cultural transformations and transgressive experimentations which were key to the revitalisation and revolutionary art of Milan in the 20th and 21st Centuries.

A limited edition silkscreen print of Milano, Salone 2024 by Russ Pope will be available for the occasion.

Type 7 is the daily magazine for those who are driven. Powered by Porsche since its founding in 2018, Type 7 lies at the intersection of Porsche and culture at large, focusing on stories of art, architecture, travel, and the driven minds that are shaping culture today.

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