Art Car News
And Nearly Related Arty StuffA wonderful short clip of our artcar guru, HARROD BLANK, discussing our medium.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaoF1Q-y8n0&t=11s&fbclid=IwAR0XMC1oPnU181gN8StvGnB5oy1HgxX8us6XyelKBu_-DD6viDmFnQlJ5Yo
Macedonian Art Car – BMW
Here’s a sort of ArtCar from the Macedonian pavillion at the Venice Biennale. It’s only papered over - I guess someone lent them a BMW. Not part of BMW’s famous program I’m sure. A little video went with it. Philo
Wood Finish Bosnian Beetle
-via Kelly Lyles Momir Bojic, a retired Volkswagen worker created a custom VW Beetle entirely out of wood! With the help of his wife Nada, he created wooden pedals, a steering wheel, dashboard, clock, signal lamps, and even bumpers.The body of the car is composed of...
2014 Houston Parade Winners
 -via Kelly Lyles The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art awarded $16,000 in awards this year to deserving artists from across the country MAYOR'S CUP $2000 "Tumbleweed Time Machine" by Dennis McNett & Steve Olson FIRST PLACE ART CAR Four Winners, $1500 each...
Deep Thinker’s Van Restored
The inventor of the Xbox video game system, Seamus Blackley, has restored the family van once owned by Richard Feynman, the Nobel Prize-winning, bongo-playing, safe-cracking theoretical physicist and cultural icon who died in 1988. A classic car buff, Blackley went so...
The Pakistani Cargo Truck Initiative: An Interview with Founder and Sculptor Asheer Akram
Back in 2010, Kansas City sculptor Asheer Akram travelled to Pakistan to participate in a residency programme and to meet relatives. During his stay, the artist was introduced to the elaborately decorated cargo trucks that ferry goods across the country. The journey...
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