“There is a scribble of asphalt and meandering ribbons of concrete tangled all over North America in a contiguous line of material that connects each of us to whomever else is also in contact.”—Ed Templeton, The Seconds Pass

We’re fans of Ed Templeton’s work here at Kspace: hailing him as a “pioneer at the cross section between street art and street skating.” In his visual work spanning painting to photos, Templeton, a former pro skater, brings the energy of the street and half pipe to gallery walls. His latest exhibition, which opened February 26th at L.A.’s cutting-edge Roberts & Tilton Gallery and runs until April 3, 2010, exhibits images from the recent publication of his book The Seconds Pass, which takes a fresh, different tack from Templeton’s previous efforts, while continuing its vitality and sincere, raw point of view.

The Seconds Pass documents Templeton’s travels in search of sublimity, with photos taken largely from the moving vehicles getting him from place to place (per the quote above, the exhibition installation links the prints in one continuous line spanning the entire gallery cube, giving a sense of linear travel that one couldn’t get from seeing them in reproduction). In some ways, it’s Templeton’s asphalt-scarred take on Robert Frank’s classic The Americans, taking us to places we never knew existed, even in our backyards.