ART CAR RESOURCES
Want to know more about the art car movement?Check out these resources, but be forewarned:You might discover your own dormant need to express yourself with an embellished vehicle. Your neighborhood will never be the same! |
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| Art Cars: Revolutionary Movement (Ineri Foundation, 1997). Just off the press, this gorgeous tome celebrates the art car as fine art with some 200 images by acclaimed photographers and text by James Harithas and Claire Poole. Available at The Orange Show gift shop (2402 Munger, Houston TX 77023), in bookstores or through the Ineri Foundation (P.O. Box 13075, Houston, TX 77219); $25. | ||
| Wild Wheels, a first-rate video documentary by Harrod Blank featuring more than 45 car artists, and Wild Wheels (Pomegranate Artbooks, 1993) a colorful, photo-filled coffee-table book. Order the video or book direct from Harrod at 10341 San Pablo Avenue, El Cerrito, CA 94530. Send $18.95 for the book or $20 for the video, plus $3 shipping. You can also buy the book at the Orange Show gift shop. | ||
| Raw Vision Magazine, a quarterly journal of contemporary folk and outsider art; the Spring 1997 issue features art cars. Buy it at Brazos Bookstore (2421 Bissonnet in Houston) or order it from Raw Vision, 163 Amsterdam Ave., New York, NY 10023; subscriptions are $38 per year. | ||
| Art cars through the mail! The Orange Show gift shop and the Contemporary Arts Museum of Houston carry postcards of 40 great art car photos. About $1 each. | ||
Websiteswww.artcarmuseum.com - information about the Ineri Foundation, publishers of Art Cars: Revolutionary Movement. The official art car web site is artcars.com - it has links to dozens of other art car-related sites. Visit The Orange Show at: www.orangeshow.org See the virtual Roadside Attractions: The Artists Parade of Art Cars at www.chron.com, the Houston Chronicle's interactive site. | ||