Sentences with phrase «influencing car culture»

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The Civic Coupe is a car - culture meme, chastised for «Fast and Furious» - influence owners who slap a 4 - inch exhaust tip and a set of eBay coilovers on their «sick Civic»...

The collision of forces — when the echoes of influences from Europe (Cubism), New York and San Francisco (Abstract Expressionism) collided with the sun drenched, laid back, fetishistic Southern California car and surfer culture, and bohemian drug scene — produced an explosion of creativity that became known as the LA Cool School.

With a particular style, vision, and palette influenced by comic books, B - movies, advertising, and car culture, the lowbrow aesthetic is both a cultural reality and a romantic encapsulation of how The West is seen from afar.

Alternatively called «Finish Fetish» or «Light and Space,» these works were influenced by the surf industry, custom car culture, and the legendary climate of Southern California and characterized by slick surfaces and dreamy, sometimes atmospheric color.

Prominently on one wall, beside the exhibition title, a paragraph states: «Sometimes called Finish Fetish or Light and Space, this movement is characterized by works with slick surfaces and atmospheric colors influences by surf culture, custom cars, and the legendary climate of Southern California.»

The installation ends with three galleries devoted to California art: one for Diebenkorn and his generation; one for Bruce Conner and the funk and conceptual artists who provide Northern California with the necessary edge to counteract the sometimes too lax aesthetics of the Bay Area Figurative School; and one for the Pop - influenced work that blossomed in the»60s and»70s, work that accepts, albeit ironically, the fact that the car culture displaced the orange groves.