Installation covets surf culture. Perhaps it’s because our office is only a few miles from the Santa Monica beach, or maybe it’s because our debut issue celebrated California– the birthplace of skateboarding and a leading surfing capital. We’re pleased to collaborate with online auction house Paddle8 this week as they celebrate the end of the summer season with Surf, featuring works by Richard Phillips, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Massimo Vitali, iconic surf culture photographers LeRoy Grannis, Michael Dweck, Matt Cusick, Rob Wynne, Peter Dayton, and Slim Aarons. Soak in the nostalgia of the surf lifestyle and take your pick from fine art, photography and custom surfboards or you can snag a buy-it-now towel by artists Peter Doig and John Baldessari. Paddle8 collaborated with Grey Area to create the original beach towels that are sure to make you a standout on the sand. Just like summer Surf won’t last for long. Be sure to place your bids the final day of the auction, September 4 at 6 PM EST.
To bid, visit the Paddle8 Auction
![John Baldessari, John Baldessari Towel, cotton, 60” x 70”, 2013](https://installationmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/John-Baldessari1.jpg)
![Andy Warhol and Tim Bessell, Last Supper, screenprint on surfboard, 66” x 20.5” x 2.5”, 2013](https://installationmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Andy-Warhol-and-Tim-Bessell1.jpg)
![Leroy Grannis, Birth of a Culture (portfolio of 12 works), Chromogenic print, 11.5” x 11.5”, Edition of 100, 10 AP, Signed and numbered, stamped and numbered on the reverse, 1969](https://installationmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Leroy-Grannis.jpg)
![Massimo Vitali, Cabri Frio V #24, offset color lithograph, 25.75” x 33.5”, Edition of 120, 20 AP, Stamped and numbered on the reverse, 2001](https://installationmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Massimo-Vitali1.jpg)
![Matthew Cusick, Rachel's Wave, Archival inkjet on paper, 24” x 34”, Edition of 10, 2013](https://installationmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Matthew-Cusick1.jpg)
![Oliver Clegg, The Question Is Not What You Look At But What You See, Surfboard, 74”x 21” x 2” Edition of 10, 2013](https://installationmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Oliver-Clegg1.jpg)
![Richard Phillips, Origin of the Milky Way, fiberglass and ink on foam, 69” x 19.5” x 2.5”, 2013](https://installationmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Richard-Phillips2.jpg)
![Slim Aarons, Surfing Brothers, Chromogenic print, 20” x 24, Edition of 150](https://installationmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Slim-Aarons1.jpg)
![Rob Wynne, Surf, hand-poured glass, 26” x 48” x 0.5”, 2005](https://installationmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Rob-Wynne1.jpg)
![Shepard Fairey, Dark Wave, screenprint, 18” x 24”, Framed, Edition of 400, Signed and annotated in pencil, 2010](https://installationmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Shepard-Fairey1.jpg)
All images courtesy of Paddle8