LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lowrider cars these days are far more than tricked-out automobiles with gravity-challenged rear suspensions and ear-rattling exhaust systems that seem to cry out for local cops to ...

Two exhibitions — "Laloland" at Mesa Arts Center and "Desert Rider" at Phoenix Art Museum — highlight lowrider culture, a distinctively American art form. "Desert Rider" runs through Sept. 18 and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. rafa esparza tests out "Corpo RanfLA: Terra Cruiser," an artwork made for Art Basel Miami. (Star Montana/For The Times) This story ...

The newest exhibition at the Denver Art Museum celebrates the Chicano car culture that took root in the barrios of Southwestern America. "The lowrider is an integral part of the Southwestern landscape ...

RENO, Nev. -- Richard Lopez was a sophomore in high school when he got his first car. He traded his home stereo system to get it. "You'll laugh," said Lopez. "It was a 1971 Datsun 210." That little ...

Zack Snyder's latest film Army of the Dead has a surprising amount of cool cars strewn about, and a few cars that are considered staples in the lowrider community. It makes sense given its glitzy — if ...

CHICAGO — For Luis Martinez, competing in lowriding bike and car competitions is about more than glory and bragging rights. The lowrider clubs in the Chicago area have become like one big family and a ...

As they walked down Fifth Street on a recent afternoon, a couple speaking Japanese stopped in front of a window display housing a bright orange Harley Davidson Road King. Its immaculate paint job was ...

"I like to be a little flashy:" With shiny paint and popping hydraulics, every lowrider tells a unique story mixing art and ...

Video documentation of rafa esparza’s "Corpo RanfLA" performances (2018–23), 3:53 min., in collaboration with Mario Ayala, Tania Melendez, and Fabian Guerrero, documentation by Paul Marcus Rodriguez, ...

And while the combination of her love of lowriders and fine art makes sense to her, it’s not always obvious to others. “It’s funny that in the art world, sometimes I'm not taken seriously because of ...