Claudia COMTE - Dry Land (hahaha painting) hand-signed

Claudia COMTE - signing session with Charles-Antoine Bodson - THE SKATEROOM

Limited Edition of 50

Dry Land (hahaha painting), Hand-signed,
Claudia COMTE

Name: Dry Land (hahaha painting), Hand-signed
SKU: 2027208
Price: 1000 EUR
Availability: InStock

Black letters reading HAHAHA bluntly hover over an arid landscape, the ground is broken up, nothing grows anymore. Claudia Comte combines comic language with the aesthetics of mass production to foreground a pervasive cultural affect of our times in the sensation of ecological anxiety.

In the language of comics, protagonists are often personified as evil by the glee they outwardly express at the misfortune or distress of others: ‘HAHAHA’ to explosions, disappearances and pratfalls. HAHAHA affirms a tragedy at the same time as articulating a pleasure derived from harm. In bringing this comic language to bear on images of anthropogenic destruction such as drought, Claudia Comte explores the ways in which humans arrive at an ethics through a visual language, asking whether the ubiquity of these images mobilises or desensitises us.

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USM Modular Furniture

Limited Edition of 50
Produced by THE SKATEROOM in 2023, decks hand-signed by Claudia COMTE
Certificate of Authenticity signed by THE SKATEROOM Studio

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Set of 3 skateboards
Each skate deck measures approx. 31x8in (80x20cm)

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Made of 7 ply Grade A Canadian Maple wood
Top-print includes printed signature of the artist Claudia COMTE
1 easy fix wall mount included per deck

Each skate deck measures approximately 31X8IN (80X20CM)

Supported Social Project

A safe skate-haven for children in Jordan.

Project by 7Hills

Amman, Jordan

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Seven Hills - kids in Jordan — copyright: 7Hills

Claudia COMTE (b. 1983) is a Swiss artist based in Basel, Switzerland. Her practice is guided by a longstanding interest in teasing out the history and memory of biomorphic forms through traditional hand processes, industrial and machine technologies. Comte’s site-specific installations bring together monumental wall paintings and sculptures playfully inspired by organic patterns and morphology, paying testament to the intelligence and transformative capacities of the ecological world.

Renowned Swiss artist Claudia COMTE explores the flowing rhythm of structures and biomorphic forms in a first-of-its-kind collaboration between design icon USM and THE SKATEROOM.

The bespoke collection of modular furniture and skateboard art editions features some of the artist’s most renowned and thought provoking works, celebrating the language of shapes and its power to communicate that which goes beyond the written word. This unique collection includes not only three distinct visuals of 50 hand-signed skateboard art edition triptychs each, but also a larger USM Haller skateboard shelving solution which will be displayed in Milan on April 17, 2023.

Discover the Claudia COMTE modular furniture zigon the USM online shop.

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Buying guide

CoA is short for certificate of authenticity. CoA’s are either signed by the artist or THE SKATEROOM in order to validate the editions. It is specificied on each product page if a CoA is provided with the edition.

We make a commitment to the social projects we fund: at least 10% of our revenue goes directly to them. Working with our partners, we help empower at-risk youth, build new skateparks and develop education facilities & resource programs. Since 2014, we have generated over $1,500,000 to support social projects around the world.

In 2019, we became a Certified B Corporation. THE SKATEROOM is also CO2 neutral, chooses to source its skateboard wood from certified sustainable forests, and uses water-based ink for its prints.

These editions of artwork are intended for decorative purposes. While you could definitely skate on them if you wanted to, we provide you with one wall mount per deck to hang them on your wall, just like a painting.

We provide you with everything you need to hang your boards up. With your edition purchase you will receive the EasyFix wall mounts. It’s really easy to set up and you can find all the instructions right here. You can always upgrade to the premium SnapDisplay wall mounts.

Our team is also always ready to help if you have any additional questions.

Direct exposure to sunlight might result in discoloration and damage to your editions. To avoid this, we strongly suggest hanging your art-decks away from direct natural light.

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