Surely you remember our main man, Nevin Pontius. The Nevin, who was so instrumental in helping bring Deus Venice to life, has been travelling Central America for the past two months. He was kind enough to send us a good old-fashioned Panamanian postcard. Customized, of course, with some awesome, black, ballpoint artwork… Dear Deus Famlia, I found my brother in Panama and we bought ourselves bicycles of great ghettotude straight off the street. And we hit the road hard. I’m writing this just after crossing the border into Costa Rica. Spirits are high despite our bums being aplenty sore. My Deus boardies are due for a good wash and some Costa Rican surf! Hoping all’s the best in Venice! Cheers, … View More
Once again Deus gallery were proud to see artists receive such a warm and welcoming opening night here at the Temple. Sandow Birk and Elyse Pignolet humbly enjoyed sharing their ideas on the Motorbike world of Bali, a subject that is as complicated as it is dangerous. Rustic urbanization on two wheels, a daily part of life for anyone that has ever been to Bali, let alone lived here. Everyone had various experiences to draw from with most as keen as mustard to have the chance to chat to the embracing couple from LA . It’s no wonder that the night was filled with miles and miles of smiles & luxurious laughter. Petrol driven parochial meets modern mayhem. The conversation … View More
Stupid is, as stupid does… and no one gets stupider than the Deus crew does for the “Dress up Drags”. You’ve read the blog about this illustrious day, now its time to check out just how we put the “ill” in illustrious. So take a gander at the portraits of the day, and ask your self, “Damn, just how stupid from the heat do they get?”… Good Question? Dress up and race bikes, oh yah. Drink beers, listen to rock-n-roll, damn straight. Not get hassled by “The Man” for such actions, are you kidding, we’re to slick, (that and no one dressed as a cop). So now ask yourself, “How stupid are they really?” Not at all… See you next … View More
Having visited Bali many times in the past, Los Angeles artists Sandow Birk and Elyse Pignolet are back on the island and are taking part in the Deus artist in residence program. Sandow and Elyse have been spending the last few weeks with us over at “The Temple” twisting up some pieces up in the “Gladak of Creativity”, gracing the wood floors where other artists have paced in the past during there own residence. There they produced this series of small drawings. A mix of bucolic rural life and the petrol-powered chaos of Bali traffic, and since it has been seven years since they walked and watched the island and all she has to offer, there was no shortage on … View More
Jesus died for all our sins, then he came back to life… for Deus was having its 3rd annual “Dress up Drags”. Oh boy, did we act like a bunch of bulls in candy store filled with china. There were father and son-matching jumpers, Jesus, rockers, clowns, wonder woman, cowboys, and even Elvis made an appearance… Pulses were racing as the dragsters wound up their throttles and pulled into the studio for portraits. A few beers later (which is always a smart decision before one sets off to race), and we were off to the track. Dressed to the nines with the sun in our eyes, we hurled ourselves down the dirt strip gunning for glory. Some of us found it and others… … View More
We got an email from Salsa last week. Seems he, Mia and some friends have been having a good time over in Australia. We thought we would share their images and email with you. Hey fellas,Been hangin in Byron. Had planned to stop in at our friends place for 2 days and have now been here 3 weeks. one big beautiful vortex up here at the farm. It’s up on the hill behind byron so we have been rolling down the mountain to surf and grab supplies, in and out.. too good up on the hill. Big boy Les owns the property. Such a legend! The farm has been in his family for generations. Now he spends his days maintaining the … View More
Plenty of new and old Cinelli frames at DeusCYCLEWORKS right now. Trot up to Bourke St, grab a java and check out the goods.
“You get by with a little help from your friends”. The whole time we were up in Noosa, we were running into pockets of good peeps. One hang out in particular was ‘The Bean Drop’. A small spot that brews up a mean cup of java for the locals that need the goods when their tanks are low. Doc had informed us that not only is it their local, he also drops off Thomas T’s in for the crew to wear and they have one of his epic logs hanging on the wall. “Today” as our luck would have it, “…is free coffee day to all that sport a Deus Tee”. Quipped Doc. No to hard to guess where we … View More
