UK fringe culture magazine Bizarre recently paid a visit to the studio of BB pal COOP. The online version of the great article, by Maki, features Mark Berry's terrific photos of COOP in his natural habitat. From Bizarre:
"LA is the fertile crescent of hot rodding," (COOP) says, his eyes twinkling. "It's still big here, really alive.The neat thing is that the history of the hot rodding scene is still relatively recent, so all the first- and second-generation guys are still here, still walking around and driving the incredible cars they built.
One of the things that appeals to me as an artist is that the whole essence of hot rodding is taking a mass-produced item, pulling it apart, then rebuilding it and making it better.You're making it into an individual statement – and that's art. "I have many friends who work as automotive painters, who build cars professionally. I look at their work, and I think they're incredible artists.
