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The feature will tell the story of the eclectic heritage of its dynamic subcultures of hot rock and roll and gang culture and how they came to influence such renowned artists as van gogh. He is known as the godfather of graffiti art and is considered one of the first artists who successfully made the transition from street to gallery. His iconic street a stylized skull called has become a seminal icon in graffiti art.

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The feature will tell the story of the eclectic heritage of its dynamic subcultures of hot rock and roll and gang culture and how they came to influence such renowned artists as van gogh. He is known as the godfather of graffiti art and is considered one of the first artists who successfully made the transition from street to gallery. His iconic street a stylized skull called has become a seminal icon in graffiti art.

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ContemporaryArtandArtistsin LosAngelesBeyondPacific StandardTime

LosAngeles,CA,November18,2011(PR.com)"LAAboriginal," featuringworkbyLosAngelesnativeDaveTourjandheldJune Septemberof2011attheGregoryWayGalleryinBeverlyHills,hasgiven birthtoanewfeaturelengthdocumentarynowinproductionentitled "CaliforniaLocos."Thefeaturewilltellthestoryoftherich,eclectic heritageofSoCal,itsdynamicsubculturesofsurf,skate,hotrod,graffiti, rockandrollandgangcultureandhowtheycametoinfluencesuch renownedartistsasChazBojorquez,BradHowe,JohnVanHamersveld, NortonWisdom,GaryWongandDaveTourj.

ChazBojorquezisknownasthegodfatherofgraffiti artandisconsideredoneofthefirstartistswho successfullymadethetransitionfromstreetto gallery.Hisiconicstreetimage,astylizedskullcalled "SenorSuerte"(Mr.Luck),hasbecomeaseminalicon ingraffitiart.Bojorquez'spaintingsareinthe permanentcollectionoftheNationalMuseumof AmericanArtinWashingtonD.C.,theNational HispanicCulturalCenterinAlbuquerque,NM,

Eachoftheseartistscouldhaveabookwrittenaboutthemwiththeir manyaccomplishmentsandartistictalents,however,hereisabrief overviewofeach:

andtheOrangeCountyMuseumofArt.Bojorquezwasprominently featuredintherenownedArtintheStreetsexhibitatMOCAin2011.Chaz isknownasaprimaryinfluenceonmanycontemporarygraffitiartists suchasSaber,Banksy,ShepardFaireyandothers.

BradHowe'sworkbuildsonthetraditionof geometricabstraction.Hissteeland aluminumpiecescombinethedynamic planarrelationshipsandsolidcoloration associatedwithpostcubistmodernism. Howehasexhibitedinovereighteen countriesworldwide,andhisworkshave beenplacedincollectionsthroughout32 countries.Knownforhisinternational influences,thecolor,spaceandenergyof SoCalplayheavilyintoBrad'saesthetic sense.

DaveTourjwasbornandraisedintheculturally eclecticNortheastL.A.ofthe1970sandhis upbringingamongsttheskaters,surfers,gangs,and thearea'stribalfrictionplayheavilyinhiswork. Alsoamusician,Tourjwasamemberofthe influentialL.A.bandtheDissidents,playingshows withCamperVanBeethoven,SaccharineTrust,The Minutementonameafew.Tourj'sartwork oscillatesbetweenhighandlow,punkand institutionalhegemonyandwasthesubjectofa onemanexhibitioncovering15yearsofpaintings onacrylicglassattheRiversideArtMuseumin 2002.IthasbeenfeaturedattheOceanside MuseumofArt,theOrangeCountyMuseumofArt, andLagunaArtMuseum.In1998,TourjhelpedtoformtheChouinard FoundationafterpurchasingthehomeofNelbertChouinard,inorderto helprestorethelosthistoryofoneofthegreatartschoolsintheworld. Theshortfilmabouthim,"L.A.Aboriginal,"isnowenteringinternational filmfestivalsatthiswriting.

JohnVanHamersveldisknownforanenormouscatalogofpopimages. FromhisiconicposterforthemovieTheEndlessSummer,tohisalbum coverworkforTheBeatles(MagicalMystery Tour),Blondie(EatToTheBeat)andtheRolling Stones(ExileOnMainStreet)tonamebutafew, VanHamersveld'siconicimageshavehada tremendousimpactonpopularcultureand fashionfromtheearly60stothepresent, includinghisinfluenceonstreetartistShepard Fairey.VanHamersveld'simagesincorporatea diversemixtureofsubculturaldesignelements andformalacademictrainingfromboth ChouinardandArtCenterduringthe'60s, drawingoffofdiverseinfluencesfromLorser Feitelsontohislifeasaniconicsurfer.

GaryWongstudiedunderEmerson WoelfferandMatsumiKanemitsuat Chouinardandwasavitalpartofthe shiftingdialogueintegraltothe formationofWestCoast postmodernismandsurf/skate/rock cultureasweknowittoday.Hisvisual languageisacomplexcollagebased paint/drawprocessthatoftenuses photography,andreflectshisinvolvementinmusicaswellaswidersocial andpoliticalconcerns.Closefriendsandinfluenceshaveincludedartists asdiverseasRickGriffin,DougWheelerandAlRuppersberg.

Since1979NortonWisdomhascollaborated withmusicalensembles,spontaneously paintingimagesinresponsetotheenergyof themusicandmoment.Hislive performancesincludecollaborationswith LlynFoulkes,BigBlack,BadalRoyIndia, KuanTetOrchestraTibet,Nation Bambsuchibet,NationalBambooOrchestra ofBali,BernardFowler,LiliHaydn,Flea, GeorgeClinton,Beck,MikeWatt,Rob Wasserman,JohnMolloandDaveNavarro,to nameafew.Hislivepaintingperformances havetouchedoffagrowinginternational movementofthesametype,whichhehasbeenforwardingsincethe'70s.

TheideaforCaliforniaLocoswasbornatthepaneldiscussionentitled "L.A.Influential"featuringtheseprominentartists.Moderatedbyartist MaryAnnaPomonis,thepanelexploredthesubjectsconcerningtheir backgroundsasnativeAngelenosandL.A.'sinfluenceontheirart.The filmisbeingproducedbytheawardwinningteamBayou BennettandDanielLirofDolceFilmsinNewYork,whoselonglistof clientshasincludedAdidas,MTV,Nickelodeon,ChaseBank,Atlantic Records,IslandDefJamandEsteeLauder,amongstmanyothers.

ProductionforCaliforniaLocosbeganinlateAugustof2011andis expectedtoweaveacomplextaleofartandinfluencesurroundingthese L.A.natives,revealingneverbeforeheardoftruthconcerningL.A.'s seminalrootsincontemporaryartandsubcultures,toldfirsthand.

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