Salon des Refusés (French for “exhibition of rejects”) was an exhibition of work rejected by the critics and art juries of the official Paris Salon. The Paris Salon was an annual event sponsored by the French government and the Academy of Fine Arts to showcase the best academic art. Most famous of the rejects was Édouard Manet, a talented denizen whose work failed to meet the criteria of the bourgeois committee. As skateboarders, we’re no strangers to critique and refusal. Welcome to the Salon des Refusés
Featuring Nick Zizzo, Leo Banuelos, Mike Magalhaes, Shane Carter, Ian Weisbecker, Joshua Baker, Leo Moreno, Derick Glancy, Cody Wilber, and Josh Miller.