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Revision as of 06:59, 28 August 2006
RVCA (properly: Ruca) is a clothing company (or 'label') with a contemporary art focus. While producing a wide variety of clothing, RVCA is probably best known for its t-shirts featuring graphics from contemporary artists. Similar companies include Volcom clothing and Ambiguous Industries. RVCA is based out of Orange County in Costa Mesa, California.
History
RVCA was conceived and founded by designer P.M. Tenore. The brand was officially launched with the later involvement of surfer Conan Hayes in 2000. Ed Templeton was the first artist to contribute graphics to the company.
Culture
While not explicitly an extreme sports company, RVCA is closely associated with skateboard and surf culture. RVCA clothing is often found in skateboard/surf specialty shops. RVCA sponsors both a skateboard and surf team. Because of its art focus, RVCA is also associated with the street graffiti subculture. RVCA is involved with various contemporary art galleries such as New Image Art Gallery in Los Angeles and the Luggage Store Gallery in San Francisco.
Name
RVCA is in fact Ruca (pronounced "rue-cuh"); the 'V' looking character is a 'U'. The 'U' is written in traditional Roman script, and thus appears as a 'V'. RVCA is sometimes pronounced "err-vick-uh", both purposely and ignorantly, due to this convention. Occasionally, RVCA is written in a different script or appears in art where it is clear that the true name is "Ruca". "Ruca" can be translated as "clothing" in Greek, and it is believed the 'V' as 'U' convention arises from this Greco-Roman connection.
A common RVCA logo is to simply feature the 'V' and 'A' from the full Roman-text logo, appearing as an 'up-arrow' and 'down-arrow' side-by-side.
Contributing Artists (incomplete list)
MATT COSTA, Jeremy Acuna, Kevin Ancell, Brandon Bird, Neil Blender, Brandon Boyd, Ron Cameron, David Choe, Matt Gordon, Tommy Guerrero, Conan Hayes, Aaron Horkey, Ben Horton, Carolyn Hwang, Jo Jackson, Christian Jacobs (The Aquabats), Rich Jacobs, Jack Johnson, Alex Knost, Matt Leines, Chris Lindig, Jason Lytle (Grandaddy), Barry McGee (TWIST), Mark Mothersbaugh (Devo), Mark Mulroney, Russ Pope, Stephen Powers (ESPO), Jason Reyes, Rory, Christopher Ruess, Deanna Templeton, Ed Templeton, George Thompson, Rebecca Westcott. Aloysious Dougherty III
Current Skate Team
Cairo Foster, Ethan Fowler, Josh Harmony, Kevin Long, Raymond Molinar, Leo Romero, Tony Silva, Ed Templeton, and most recently Austin Stephens.
Current Surf Team
Ford Archbold, Matt Archbold, Jason Bogle, Logan Dulien, Conan Hayes, CJ Kanuha, Alex Knost, Jay Larson, Pascal Stanfield, Jarrah Tutton Bryan Mckernan.