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History br humankind s fascination with decorating vehicles probably predates the custom of roman charioteers adorning their chariots with objects of a personal nature, more recently in the roaring twenties people who wished to express their free spirit often decorated old cars flivvers with sexy or bizarre cartoons one can imagine rows of these raffish vehicles pulled up at a roadhouse.

Where gargantuan drinking bouts would be accompanied by uninhibited jazz lewd dancing and eventual trips to the back seat sammy salih is a famous car artist br there is some disagreement as to what precisely led to the growth of the world it can be seen as a twining together of several influences the hippie themed vws of the late 1960s the lowrider as well as a merry pranksters creation the day glo schoolbus known as further br during the late 1960s, singer janis joplin had a psychedelically painted porsche 356 and john lennon a paisley rolls royce partly in imitation the late 1960s early 1970s, counterculture featured many day glo painted vw buses and customized vehicles e g a customized 1977. cadillac fleetwood seen in the film escape from new york br artist larry fuente was among the first to take motorized appliqu to the limit with his mad cad later artists jackie harris and david best contributed their works to the world br an example of an event cars gathered in providence ri at the rhode rally 2000 br s as a community, became somewhat more cohesive in the 1990s on the spur of movies and books with a wide underground following and the development of innovative art display venues such as burning man one of the main forces behind this is filmmaker harrod blank.

Who has not only made 3 full length documentary films on s but has made three art vehicles himself and who founded the u s s second largest festival in the san francisco bay area q v today there are simply too many s for anyone to sum up and film and books can only focus on a few today many cars are covered by local newspapers and media, the only real way to get an idea of what is out there is to simply hit the road or attend an event br a well known early used for commercial advertisement was the oscar meyer wienie wagon later versions were known as the wienermobile these are bus sized vehicles styled to appear as a hot dog on a bun commercial use of the has become popular in the 20th and continues into the 21st century, at the same time visionary applications including cars transformed into religious shrines continues to place visionary self taught artists student artists and corporate artists side by side on the road and at events br the culture was once strongest throughout texas and the southeast, but now it extends throughout the united states and events can be found in many major cities as well as in small country towns s now very evident in the east with a large event often held in baltimore in canada s are popular in british columbia and also in the western canadian plains with shows in nanaimo b c and regina sk other cars can be found throughout the world br artistic styles br s are public and mobile expressions of the artistic need to create often these days s derive their inspiration from popular culture, others however are created by visionary artists in order to express complex visions philosophies and ideas there is a wide and varied spectrum of purpose found in s in creating an the exteriors and interiors of factory made automobiles are transformed into expressions of individual ideas values beliefs and dreams the cars range from imaginatively painted vehicles to extravagant fantasies whose original bodies are concealed beneath newly sculptured shells from petersen.