When ink collides with watercolor, when punk poetry meets surrealist fables—what emerges is something entirely new. That’s the magic of Raymond Pettibon and Marcel Dzama, two artists whose visual worlds intertwine with harmony.
For this exclusive limited collection, the duo merged their distinct artistic languages to create three electrifying works—"IT TAKES A LOT O MEDICINE," "GOOD NIGHT NEW YORK," and "FLAMBEAUX"—each now available as a skate deck edition.
A Collaboration Rooted in Instinct
Pettibon and Dzama’s creative partnership began in 2016 with Forgetting the Hand, their first joint exhibition at David Zwirner. The process? A visual conversation in real time, where one artist laid down an idea, the other disrupted or expanded it—like an exquisite corpse drawing session played at full speed.
The result was a clash of chaotic ink strokes and fluid watercolor, of political satire and dreamlike surrealism. Pettibon’s signature cryptic text fragments—both poetic and subversive—meld seamlessly with Dzama’s ethereal figures and masked protagonists, forming a hybrid language that belongs to neither artist alone.
Their collaboration thrives on spontaneity, on the willingness to embrace the unpredictable. And now, that same instinct-driven process has given birth to a new series of works, immortalized on a medium that itself invites movement—skate decks. Raymond Pettibon has been a long-term collaborator of THE SKATEROOM, and we’re thrilled to welcome Marcel Dzama for the first time with this unique joint collection.
Limited Edition, Unlimited Impact
This collection isn’t just about bringing two legendary artists together—it’s about witnessing what happens when artistic boundaries dissolve. As always, this collection supports THE SKATEROOM’s mission to fund social skate projects worldwide—turning art into impact, one skate deck at a time.
Thanks to David Zwirner Gallery for their invaluable support on this collection.
