Collaboration is its own kind of artform — the ability to create a cohesive singular narrative from multiple observation, ideas and viewpoints.

“SOMOS LOCOS” spread the love of art at the Manhattan Beach Art Center, March 18, 2017, with a presentation featuring new work by California Locos, five pioneering L.A. artists, Chaz Bojorquez, Dave Tourjé, Gary Wong, John Van Hamersveld and Norton Wisdom

In a few minutes, an L.A.-based art collective will set up camp, drop “an art intelligence bomb,” the likes of which we haven’t seen here in the South Bay, and then they’ll scatter, to regroup elsewhere. Such is California Locos, whose “Somos Locos” pop-up show

What makes a group of distinctly individual artists like Chaz Bojórquez, Dave Tourjé, John Van Hamersveld, Norton Wisdom and Gary Wong combine forces into a collective identity? The group affectionately called the California Locos is just that, and

If you missed last Summer’s party for the Cali Locos art opening thrown by Juice Magazine in Venice, well, you’re bummed. The good news, however, is that there is another chance to celebrate this quintessential Southern California art collective’s work

The countercultural art crew that later became known as the California Locos always stood for freedom, right from the beginning – from before they had a name and before they realized that they represented anything at all, except the need to make art

The California Locos’ work has contributed significantly to forming the Southern California skate, surf, street, and music subcultures, communicating them to the world. Their imagery represents an important aspect of art and culture, and this takes on new levels

The famous physicist Richard Feynman once said. “Men should study hard what interests them in the most undisciplined, irreverent and original manner possible.” Dave Tourjé is a living example of this philosophy as he is interested in practically everything from hot rods to blues to quilting