The Looking Sideways art show opened last night at the Vans Wängl Tängl Presented by G-Shock in Mayrhofen, Austria.  A couple of hundred party-goers and art fans checked out works on display by Fos, French, Blaise Rosenthal, Ed Templeton, Tristan Huber, Corey Smith, Schoph, Danny Wainwright, Danny Larsen and Tim Karpinski.  

“It’s been great to be part of a show that brings together such a strong line-up of artists and it’s pretty amazing to see everyone’s different styles”, said artist Schoph, who used the occasion to premiere a new work called Dead Questions in the Eyes. “I’ve been in plenty of shows now but the Looking Sideways crew have definitely raised the bar in terms of the space and the quality of the work”.

Other highlights at the show included a huge 6’ by 4’ illustration by skater and artist French, which dominated the gallery in Mayrhofen’s Europahaus, and the start of a huge live art piece by Looking Sideways art director Owen Tozer. It’s being created using images sent in by members of the public, who were invited to contribute to the project by uploading images of their eyes looking sideways to the LS Facebook page, or by emailing them to eyes@wearelookingsideways.com.

The final piece will be used to create the graphics for an exclusive run of limited edition Looking Sideways x Endeavor x Vans Wängl Tängl snowboards, with the winners of the boards chosen from those who contributed images.

Tozer and some of the artists in attendance at the show will be working on the piece on site at the Europahaus throughout the week, so members of the public have until Friday 23rd March to send in their eyes and have a chance of winning one of the boards.

Tomorrow night’s music line up will continue the “Contest-ival” spirit of the event with a heavy line up for the FREE music concert at the Arena in Mayrhofen.  Semprre Caoz, Those Furious Flames and Truckfighters will play the show headlined by Seether.


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Sponsors: Vans, Red Bull, G-Shock, Fiat, Mayrhofner Bergbahnen

Wangl Taengl Eventhall Foto: Christian Boehm

What a week which is planned for the 10th Anniversary of the VANS Wängl Tängl 2012 presented by G-Shock, it’s all but impossible to cover it in a single breath. So much, in fact, a single post hardly does it justice. To create as close to the complete overview with the quickest and easiest access to everything that’s happening, who’s coming, who’s competing, who’s playing, who’s creating…  and roughly when!

Welcome to the itemized overview…

TÄNGL TEAMS – SNOW ELEMENT MAIN EVENT - TUES 20th – WED 21st MARCH

– Team #1: Team 99 – Steve Gruber, Rudi Kröll & Friedl Kolar
– Team #2: The Djudes – Chris Kröll, Mario Wanger & Tom Klocker
– Team #3: Team Absolut – Herby Thaler, Michi Stanschitz & Phips Gruber
– Team #4: The Italian Connection – Marco Grigis, Stefano Munari & Filippo Kratter
– Team #5: Team Homies – Tonton Holland, Jules Reymond & Nico Tille
– Team #6: Team X-Double – Wolle Beer, Steve Grumser & Max Glatzl
– Team #7: Triple Cock – Janne Korpi, Peetu Piiroinen & Ville Uotila
– Team #8: Off The Wall – Iouri Podladtchikov, Arthur Longo & Eric Willett
– Team #9: Since 1966 – Tyler Chorlton, Tobi Strauss & David Bertschinger Karg
– Team #10: The Collective – Jamie Nicholls, Boris Bühler & Tor Lundström
– Team #11: YMCA - Mathias Weissenbacher, Clemens Schattschneider & Adrian Krainer

TÄNGL QUALI TEAMS - SNOW ELEMENT QUALI – SAT 17th – SUN 18th MARCH

– Team #1: Flying Birds – Georg Huber, Stephan Höllwarth & Roland Tschoder
– Team #2: Boarders Valley – Luca Kuppelwieser, Corsin Simeon & Men Schmidt
– Team #3: Natural Born Chillaz – Deniz Cinek, Mike Knobel & Roger Schuler
– Team #4: Real Family – Jeremie Unterberger, Seppl Ramsbacher & Georgi Mihaylov
– Team #5: House of Hungerpain - Vincent Genannt, Charlie Idda & Kevin Mills
– Team #6: Boarder Boys – Tobi Grünwald, Daniel Kopp & Max Grünwald
– Team #7: Starpissnes – Max Pölzl, Christoph Klaushofer & Patrick Schönleitner
– Team #8: Team F.A.T. – Alex Walch, Flo Heim & Tom Tramnitz
– Team #9: Young Shreds IBK – Philipp Kundratitz, Steve Spiss & Johannes Handle
– Team #10: Good, Bad and Ugly – Peter Sandner, Marcus Bernhard & Stephan Wimmer
– Team #11: After Bääänger – Patrick Cinca, Benny Mösl & Dani Mösl
– Team #12: The Swingers – Michael Macho, Christian Weber & Benni Hopfgartner
– Team #13: The Gasthof Crew – Bob van Unnik, Will Smith & Bas Mons
– Team #14: Cunning Stunts - Paul Dreher, Patrick Held and Philipp Frötscher
– Team #15: reLAAXed – Thomas Laich, Tobias Pfortmüller and Matthias Wattinger
– Team #16: Team Kitzsteinhorn – Stefan Morocutti,Martin Liebmann,Thomas Obersteiner

Skate: Julien Benoliel Foto: Erwin Polanc

TÄNGL TEAMS – SKATE ELEMENT MAIN EVENT

– Team #1: Team Jäger – Oliver Gordon and Michi Nadler
– Team #2: Team Hobo – Sam Partaix and Dominik Dietrich
– Team #3: Team Hobnobs – Manhead & Andy Scott
– Team #4: Team Inadaptados – Alvarez and David Sanchez
– Team #5: Team Jinetes – Ibon Marino and Alain Goikoetxea
– Team #6: Team Bats – Martino Cattaneo and Kevin Blase
– Team #7: Team Dutchy’s – Daan Van Der Linden and Nassim Guammaz
– Team #8: Team Zwimi – Micky Iglesias and Phil Zwijsen
– Team #9: Team Incognito – Kris Vile and Jake Collins
– Team #10: Team Skatemalmö – Surprise…

TÄNGL QUALI TEAMS - SKATE ELEMENT QUALI

– Team #1: Whatever – Roman Astleitner & Ralf Edlinger
– Team #2: The Gasthof Crew – Bram Bosch & Nick Bax

VANS LOOKING SIDEWAYS VERNISSAGE

These artists will exhibit their work at the Vans Looking Sideways Vernissage open to the public at the Europahaus in Mayrhofen on Wednesday 21st until Friday 23rd March.

Check the Profiles of Featured Artists:

Schoph Schophield
Mark ‘Fos’ Foster
Richard ‘French’ Sayer
Corey Smith
Blaise Rosenthal
Ed Templeton
Tim Karpinski
Danny Wainwright
Danny Larsen
Tristan Huber

FULL WEEK MUSIC AND GIG GUIDE

Saturday, 17th March: 
FM4 Club Brück’n Stadl with DJ DSL, Flip & Average und DJ Phekt.

Sunday, 18th March: 
Red Bull Brandwagen street concert with the Discodogs Live and Wax Wreckaz.

Monday, 19th March: 
Duzz Down San Label Night in the Scotland Yard Pub with Chrisfader & Testa, Phil Da Funk and Feux.

Tuesday, 20th March: 
Basti Stein Groove Project

Wednesday, 21th March: 
Funk Lounge with Twintowas present 60 Minits Of Funk.

Thursday, 22th March:
FREE Vans Open Air Rock Night
with Seether, Those Furious Flames, Truckfighters and Sempre Caoz.

Friday, 23th March:
FREE Open Air Hip Hop Night
with M.O.P, Banana Klan presents Roots Manuva, Ricky Ranking, Seanie T and DJ MK, Lylit, Ill Mindz, Blak Twang, and Snowgoons.
Friday, 23th March:
Aftershow Party ft. Snowgoons & DJ X-Rated 

Timothy John Karpinski Jr is a Portland, Oregon-based artist originally from Edison, New Jersey who got his first break creating graphics for the pro model snowboard of his childhood friend Danny Kass. Following X-Games and Olympic success, Kass successfully launched the glove company Grenade, with Tim as creative director. Tim is currently art director at Gnu Snowboards, runs the Together Gallery in Portland, and is an acclaimed artist having exhibited at Vancouver, Miami, San Francisco and London.

“Karpinski is that rare combo of ‘dreamer’ and ‘doer’,” says Andrew Hosner of the Los Angeles-based Thinkspace Gallery. “Many encompass one of these traits, seldom both. He is a master of wit, a lover of folk and owner of one of the finest art reference libraries this side of the Mississippi.”

“From a young age I’ve always been making things,” says Tim himself. “Building forts turned into building skate ramps which lead to building art installations. I love the art making process, from the initial spark of the ‘idea’, the creation to the finished product. Art for me is very personal and everything I make is a direct reflection on my feelings about this world and my struggle and fascination with trying to understand it and find my purpose within it.”

Tim will be exhibiting at the Looking Sideways art show at Wangl Tangl in March of 2012.

Read the full interview with Tim Karpinski at wearelookingsideways.com…

Danny Wainwright is a skater, skate-shop owner, artist and designer from Bristol, England. A pro skater for fifteen years, Danny is one of the UK’s most famous skateboarding exports. An interest in graffiti and street art introduced him to painting at an early age, while a keen eye for design has seen him create and develop the identity of the legendary Bristol skate shop Fifty Fifty, which he co-founded in 1997. Recent years have seen Danny’s art move further from their graffiti origins and take a more abstract route, while a move to Barcelona in 2009 was closely followed by the first highly acclaimed gallery show of his work alongside friend and fellow artist RichT.

When we invited Danny to exhibit in the Looking Sideways exhibition at Wangl Tangl we thought we’d ask him a few questions about his art…

Read the full interview with Danny Wainwirght…

Blaise Rosenthal is a legend in snowboarding circles, and is rapidly making a name for himself as an artist. He’s a key part of our show at Wangl Tangl, and will also be coming along himself to meet the crew, check out the show and explain more about his art in person. As well as find time for a cheeky shred as well we hope. Check the interview the Looking Sideways crew just posted about his art by clicking here, and watch the film below for more from Blaise himself.

Ed Templeton is a skateboarding legend-turned-artist from Huntington Beach, California. He is best known for starting the skate company Toy Machine in 1993, a company who have gone on to uncover some of the most influential skaters ever to have stood on a board, including Bam Margera, Jamie Thomas, Chad Muska and Kerry Getz, as well as releasing board graphics, adverts and films that have always taken skating in a new, creative direction. Ed was famous in the skate world for his skateboard deck graphics, before coming to prominence in the mainstream art world after winning $50,000 dollars for his photography book Teenage Smokers in a Search for Art prize in 2001. Ed also paints, makes films and creates photography books, and was an obvious interviewee for the “Beautiful Losers” project, a touring art exhibition, collected art book and feature documentary film that also included Shepard Fairey, Harmony Korine,  Mike Mills, Steven “Espo” Powers, Aaron Rose, and Thomas Campbell,

Ed Templeton A Mind Must be Cultivated, 2009 mixed media on paper 14.25 x 20 in (36.2 x 50.8 cm)

Ed’s blog, described as a “traffic jam on the information super highway,” can be found on the Toy Machine website, and is a window into his vastly creative world, showing Ed as he takes in art exhibitions around the world, a hectic traveling schedule still as head of Toy Machine, and the site includes some fantastic drawings, paintings, photographs and short films detailing his life in general. Ed’s wife Deanne Templeton is often described as Ed’s muse, and also blogs about their adventures, with fantastic photography and more behind-the-scenes peaks into the couple’s life. In 2010 Ed toured created the The Cemetery of Reason show (and consequent book), the biggest collection of his art to date. The show opened at Gent’s SMAK museum, and Emerica made a film prior to the event:

Read the full interview with Ed Templeton at wearelookingsideways.com.

With ten days to go until our show at the 2012 Vans Wangl Tangl opens, we’re stoked to release our official show poster, designed by Looking Sideways art director Owen Tozer. It’s the first of a series of three posters we’re releasing this year. The other two will commemorate the events we’ll be holding this summer at the Vans Downtown Showdown and Boardmasters.



We’ll be creating a very limited run of screen prints of this particular design, which will be available to buy at the Looking Sideways show itself, and on the website after the show closes. Keep checking the site for more details, or email us on info@wearelookingsideways.com to find out more.

(Source: wangltangl.com)