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author: Jan Brennenstuhl
categories:
- Graffiti, Marker & Spray Cans
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date: '2009-09-10T20:48:10Z'
description: Like the other “Beautiful Losers”, Mr. Ed Templeton is a hero for a whole generation of skateboarders and contemporary artists. Read what he has to say!
tags:
- Photography
- Interview
- Skateboarding
title: Talk to Mr. Ed Templeton
url: https://www.urbanartcore.com/talk-to-mr-ed-templeton/
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# Talk to Mr. Ed Templeton

**Ed Templeton** is not only pro skateboarder, contemporary artist, painter, writer and photographer - no - he is one of the “Beautiful Losers”! In addition to that, he has his own skateboard company, named “Toy Machine” and belongs to the hip creative head of our time.

[Video on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbdhD_0IU_M)


Also in Berlin artworks of him were shown a few week ago, when [he exhibited along with Pettibon and McGee](http://www.flickr.com/photos/streetart-berlin/sets/72157616497147867/) at the Circle Culture Gallery.

Now, Juxtapoz posted a nice two-part talk ([part1](http://www.juxtapoz.com/Features/exclusive-interview-kelly-d-williams-x-ed-templeton), [part2](http://www.juxtapoz.com/Features/exclusive-interview-kelly-d-williams-x-ed-templeton-part-2)) about skateboarding, arts and traveling between artist, designer, writer, and photographer** Kelly D. Williams** and Mr. **Ed Templeton**. Here is an excerpt:
> **Williams:** What about the worst trend in art?
>
> **Templeton:** Calling someone a “Skate Artist.” Is there a certain thing that can alert you to who is a skate artist? Whoa, I just walked right into that one, painting on a skateboard! But aside from that, what does that mean?
>
> That is like saying “Bicycle artists” anyone who rides a bike and does art is one now a “Bike Artist” People who have a flannel shirt on make art in a certain way, lets call them the “Flannel Shirtists” People who skate and make art do so in a wide variety of ways, so you can’t categorize them into some sort of group that implies that they are making art that is similar in any way.
>
> But there are people who don’t skate, and love to paint on skateboards for “street cred” they think it might give them. If you are trying to be called a “Skate Artist” you already blew it at life.

Ed Templeton - Skaterkids, 2004