Break Glass For a Second Coming, Collection of Skate Deck
Magnus Gjoen Turns Faith Into Skate Culture – Without Leaving the Wall.
Magnus Gjoen has always walked the line between reverence and rebellion. A former fashion designer turned contemporary artist, his work often takes objects of devotion – saints, icons, weapons – and reframes them as fragile, untouchable, and ironically human.
His Break Glass series, long since sold out, captured that tension perfectly: depictions of Adam, Eve, and Jesus sealed in emergency vitrines, equal parts relic and commentary. For years, the works have been locked away by collectors, quietly circulating as mythic pieces in Gjoen’s career.
Now, they return – in a form as unexpected as it is inevitable: skate decks. These aren’t made for the half-pipe; they’re designed for the wall, as modern-day icons where biblical symbolism collides with skate culture’s irreverent DNA.
‘I’ve always been interested in how context changes meaning,’ Gjoen has said of his practice. By flattening fragile faith into the silhouette of a skateboard – an object born of counterculture and rebellion – he transforms the sacred into something at once familiar, subversive, and collectible. The result isn’t just a deck; it’s a cultural artefact from the depths of the Secret Vatican Archives, bridging two worlds that rarely meet: the hallowed halls of the gallery and the grit of the skatepark. For Gjoen, that friction is the point – art that asks us to question what we value, and why.
Each skate deck is from a limited edition of 99, signed and numbered by the artist.
Available options:
Adam & Eve are available as a diptych, and Jesus as a single piece. All three can also be purchased together as a complete set. Choose your option from the drop-down menu.
Size (cm): 81 x 21
Original: $428.75
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Magnus Gjoen Turns Faith Into Skate Culture – Without Leaving the Wall.
Magnus Gjoen has always walked the line between reverence and rebellion. A former fashion designer turned contemporary artist, his work often takes objects of devotion – saints, icons, weapons – and reframes them as fragile, untouchable, and ironically human.
His Break Glass series, long since sold out, captured that tension perfectly: depictions of Adam, Eve, and Jesus sealed in emergency vitrines, equal parts relic and commentary. For years, the works have been locked away by collectors, quietly circulating as mythic pieces in Gjoen’s career.
Now, they return – in a form as unexpected as it is inevitable: skate decks. These aren’t made for the half-pipe; they’re designed for the wall, as modern-day icons where biblical symbolism collides with skate culture’s irreverent DNA.
‘I’ve always been interested in how context changes meaning,’ Gjoen has said of his practice. By flattening fragile faith into the silhouette of a skateboard – an object born of counterculture and rebellion – he transforms the sacred into something at once familiar, subversive, and collectible. The result isn’t just a deck; it’s a cultural artefact from the depths of the Secret Vatican Archives, bridging two worlds that rarely meet: the hallowed halls of the gallery and the grit of the skatepark. For Gjoen, that friction is the point – art that asks us to question what we value, and why.
Each skate deck is from a limited edition of 99, signed and numbered by the artist.
Available options:
Adam & Eve are available as a diptych, and Jesus as a single piece. All three can also be purchased together as a complete set. Choose your option from the drop-down menu.
Size (cm): 81 x 21
