Beautiful Losers

This isn’t a drastically belated post about the Beautiful Losers exhibit. It’s not even a post about the book (which I hope to death you all have, because it is amazing — amazing); this post is about the film documentary, which is coming to us April of 2008. Originally started as the film component to the Beautiful Losers exhibition, Beautiful Losers — the doc — will feature a ton of the same artists as the book, with the added benefit of the intimacies so innate to film. Directed by Aaron Rose, the film will introduce viewers to Alleged Gallery and many of the early founders of the DIY subcultures that are so influential today; Ed Templeton, Margaret Kilgallen, Mike Mills, and plenty more key members of the early 1990’s punk, skateboarding, surf, hip hop and graffiti scene will make appearances in the film, drawing parallels between the artists of yesterday and the today’s youth.

Oh dear Lord, I can’t wait. We’ll keep you posted with developments; until then, it might help to watch this page at Behance Network.