La Gaîté Lyrique celebrates skateboard culture with it’s first Summer exhibition. Public Domaine: Skateboard Culture expresses the freedom of the sport through music, graphic art, cinema, photography, fashion, ad more. The intent is to give voice to those who’ve forged unique lives through their interaction with skateboarding. Runs from this weekend though August 7, 2011.

One example of skateboard culture manifest in art  is Mark Gonzalez, skater and artist, who has released a new book Instead of Eros Avenged. The launch coincides with the exhibition and finds Gonzalez using Jerry Chadwick’s poem (of same title as book) as a starting point for photographs that capture the culture of skateboarding. The book is released via Nieves.

Images of Instead of Eros Avenged follow.

The Hundreds have announced the second round of collaborative projects with artist Mark Dean Veca. A trio of skate decks is the undisputed highlight (there is also a shoe).

More after the jump.

Apparently interest in skateboards made of fragile materials is still high. Charles Krafft sells his – made of porcelain – for $2,500. The pieces are hand painted and made to order by the artist. (via WBE).

Available from Colette, the Douglas Coupland collection for Roots actively celebrates Canadian artistic ingenuity and an affinity for the great outdoors. Coupland, famed as a novelist, offers quirky graphics to leather goods, knitwear and more thoughout the full scope of the limited edition line.

Here, his skateboards are most relevant. “Motherboard” has clear connections to the computer and digital life. The second board, “Crystalboard”, employs a more colorful, abstract pattern. Both are handcrafted in Canada.

Must applaud the Californai Heritage Museum for hosting a fitting exhibition. Skateboard: Evolution and Art examines the skateboard from 1950 to the present day. The exhibition is co-curated by Z-boy Nathan Pratt, with staff curator Michael Trotter. Jeff Ho, Skip Engblom, Tony Alva, Stacey Peralta, and Christian Hoisoi also lent a hand. In all there are 270 boards on display.

Catch it in Santa Monica (2612 Main Street) through May 30, 2010. (via Arktip).

A couple installation views after the jump.

Ryan McGinness is involved in several interesting projects lately. Just recently we presented to you his collaborative work with Arkitip magazine. Here we show you now the “Growing Handplants” artwork as a skateboard edition. Coming in an edition of 500, the skate deck comes with a screen printed artwork by the artist. The decks are signed and individually numbered by the artist and now available through Iconoclast.

Have a look at the complete Ryan McGinness “Growing Handplants” skateboard edition after the jump.