I can hear the muffled sounds of Mannix on the old boob tube downstairs in the den. Dad would occasionally yell up the stairs: “Be quiet up there and go to sleep!” My little brother and I have been “in…
HOT ROD Magazine: 75 Years
Category: ArtMartyr
ArtMartyr is a gallery we opened up in a warehouse space in 2002 in Costa Mesa California. It has since become a part of the Blacktop Media Network and resides on Facebook and in posts here on Blacktop Magazine.
Andy Warhol Cars at the Petersen
The Mercifuls So Cal Car Club took a field trip out to the Petersen Automotive Museum. In the Armand Hammer Foundation Gallery was an exhibit of Andy Warhol art and classic Mercedes Benz automobiles from 1886 through 1970. Below is…
Guy Salazar Art
An ArtMarty Feature So I am walking around the 2022 Mooneyes New Years Party Car Show and Drags. My eyeballs popped when I came across Guy Salazar’s booth. The vendor area is always cool with independent regional artists and makers…
MODEL BUILDING CULTURE
Maxx’s Tribute Project Car modeling has been around since the late 1950s, and has been going strong ever since. Companies like Revell, Monogram, Aurora, AMT, MPC, and JoHan produced some of the best car model kits in 1/25th and 1/24th…
Inside Blacktop Magazine #27
The Post-War Issue By Candie This Full Featured Fuel Fed Fanzine is bursting at the get-go with the incredible Angela Ryan! We start off this special issue with a jump on the blacktop for a road trip up Ventura Highway…
SPACE GIANT
AN ARTMARTYR FEATURE There I was innocently enough cruising through my Insta-feed and a couple of my rods and cones in my eyes get smoked. I came across the bright colors and wild vision of Space Giant. The colors are…
The ArtMartyr Issue
Blacktop Magazine Special Print Edition #26 – The ArtMartyr Issue is chock-full of creativeness! We explore the world of Kustom Kulture with artists like Space Giant, Rebel 13 Photography, Wicked Lines Pinstriping, Dale Sizer, Boneyard Artillery, Trisha Turner, Doug DoRr,…
Inside Blacktop Magazine #25
Inside Special Print Edition #25 featuring the G.I.R.L.’s of Irwindale a group of racing ladies, artist Andrea Young is in our ArtMartyr column, Moto-Journalist Chris Gibbany, Director of the Automobile Driving Museum; Marisol Herrera and Lana Chrisman- Executive Director at…
The Betty Hunter
ArtMartyr Gallery Presents the work of Chris Garcia. My name is Chris “The Betty Hunter” Garcia. My work is based around Vintage SciFi and Custom Car Culture. I also build sculptures such as Robots, Rayguns and UFO’s. “The Betty Hunters”…
The Adventures of Red – GETTING SMALL
In the first week of the “Safe at Home” orders here in California, I created a narrative video about a little red 1965 Nylint Ford Bronco. Follow along as Red tempts fate with the evil Mastermind Dr. Smalls who is…
MISS FLUFF
Claudette Barjoud, also known as Miss Fluff, is a multi media artist working in both traditional and digital mediums. Her inspiration comes from childhood loves such as Betty Boop, Disney, Hello Kitty, and Vintage Barbie, just to name a few.…
Yvonne Mecialis – Artist Muralist
We met Yvonne during a private tour of the Lions Drag Strip Museum in Rancho Dominguez, California. Inspired by the world class murals in the museum, we asked her to send a few images of her work and bio. Enjoy!…