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The last artwork of Rom av.JC entitled Vinum messis plays with ancient imagery while using a decidedly contemporary material: broken skateboard decks. Inspired by the technique and aesthetics of Attic Greek black-figure kylixes, it depicts a Roman grape harvest scene.…

At Sevrey (France), an archaeological site has revealed some very special banners. These vexillums were used as the unique and distinctive ensigns of Roman army units. They were hung on a spear and held by a veteran sub-officer, then called…

On this massive 110cm-diameter jar, it’s difficult to identify to which people these two soldiers belonged. What is clearly visible on this kylix, however, is what the wearer is wearing: a skateboard. Surprisingly, this skateboard has no trucks on it.…

A team of archaeologists has unearthed an exceptional treasure in France: a jar in homage to Powell Peralta’s Skull and Sword design, created by the ancient artist Rom av.JC. This discovery is remarkable for its exceptional state of preservation. There…

The Musée de la Céramique in Lezoux, France, has invited Rom av.JC to take over a room in the museum. Entitled “Ceram’Skate”, the exhibition aims to show the artist’s uchrony – a fiction based on the principle of rewriting history…

One year after the limited series for Club-Maté, it’s another drink brand that asked me to make a skateboard graphic. And it’s a good thing, because it’s a beer brand that I particularly like. In short, last June, Brewdog France…

As Pythagoras said, “The whole air is full of souls, and these souls are called demons and heroes. It is in fact a representation of a demon, or daemon, in Latin that we find on this amphora in the form…

Found just a few steps from the Martin Luther King Park, in Paris, this series of 3 kylix is entitled: “Kylix Videatur Desuper”. This Latin name means in French, Kylix vue de dessus, which makes sense because these are not…