“Transitions” is the first solo show by pro skateboarder and artist Chad Muska. The exhibition at New Image Art Gallery opens with a reception on Saturday, June 1, 2013 from 7 to 10pm.

In this show, Chad’s style seems a huge departure from the graffiti and wheat paste he’s become known for within skateboarding. New minimal pieces are heavy and stark, constructed from steel, concrete, and other industrial materials. Serious, yet playful — speaking directly to the mind of a skateboarder. The artist explains:

It’s about the struggles I’ve been going through in life and what’s next after being a pro skater, something that I’ve done my whole life. Transition is a universal idea that everyone can relate to whether you skate or not, but it’s strongly connected to the roots of skateboarding which is about bending the world to your will and making it ridable-a world without transition is a world that is dull and flat.