“An idle mind is the Devils’ playground”
Why does that well-worn proverb remind us of Skewville? Check out the “Playground Tactics” on display at their new show in San Francisco’s White Walls Gallery and you’ll get a sense of these stickball kids and what it is like to grow up playing on the street. There aren’t any rubber mats to catch you before the pavement, the ball may smash the corner deli window and you may dent the hood of that car you’re standing on. But kids will be kids.
Mr. Deville shows BSA readers these cool pics of the opening of “Playground Tactics”, and you can see that play is an integral part of the Skewville process, where taking stuff too seriously is not advised, unless somebody sticks their bubble gum in your hair. Then you should chase them down and give them a beating.
Skewville “Playground Tactics” (Photo © Adam DeVille)
Skewville “Playground Tactics” (Photo © Adam DeVille)
Skewville “Playground Tactics” (Photo © Adam DeVille)
Skewville “Playground Tactics” (Photo © Adam DeVille)
Skewville “Playground Tactics” (Photo © Adam DeVille)
Skewville “Playground Tactics” (Photo © Adam DeVille)
Skewville “Playground Tactics” (Photo © Adam DeVille)
Skewville “Playground Tactics” (Photo © Adam DeVille)
Skewville “Playground Tactics” (Photo © Adam DeVille)
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