California Locos

CALIFORNIA LOCOS brings together over 40 years of LA culture

California Locos brings together over 40 years and hands of the artists who shaped it. Featuring this book chronicles the life and work of the membership to include works by Mister Cartoon Slick and Robert Williams. Surf and skate culture, graphic design and music come together on over its exuberant diversity and raw grittiness.

years of LA culture , presented through the eyes Featuring three generations of legendary LA artists, the five original locos and expands this core Cartoon, Shepard Fairey, Estevan Oriol, Retna, culture, street art, tattoo, street photography, over 420 pages to celebrate Los Angeles in all

432 pages

24x32 cm – Hardcover

isbn: 978-8898565-25-2

Publisher by DRAGO PUBLISHER

This book embodies the creative breeding ground provided by the City of Angles, chronicling its’ influence on each artist all of which are major influencers of West Coast and worldwide popular culture in their own right.

From the godfather of cholo graffiti, the brain behind the iconic street image “Señor Suerte”, Chaz Bojórquez, over artists David Tourjé, Gary Wong and Norton Wisdom to the designer who gave a face to the 60s hippy movement, John van Hamersveld, this book provides the compelling background story. Pages of archive material give exclusive insights into the Southern Californian style rebellion.

At the same time, California Locos takes this legacy into the present. From Shephard Fairey’s influential Obama campaign posters, over Mr Cartoon’s tattoos inspired by LA street life to Estevan Oriol ’s photographs of LA gangs and celebrities and Retna’s highly instagrammable graffiti paintings, the next generation proves again and again that Los Angeles influence is a force to be reckoned with.