The art car movement is spreading, slowly but surely. Houston and San Francisco were already nailed down, and other cities around the country are following bit by bit. Before we know it, the art car could become the next big movement around the world. Yes? Well, maybe we should not run before we can walk, but the latest Artscape festival in Baltimore has shown that there is a thirst for the art car, and a media who seem captivated by the crazy ideas and skilful execution that we associate with the Art Car.

Not since the Dada movement has art been so joyously unbound by rules. All that is required in order to create an Art Car is the desire to create one. A preview of the festival in the Baltimore Sun featured a long and positive mention of Harrod Blank’s Automorphosis. It reads like a dream for any art car fan, summarising the movement in a way which most art car artists would be delighted with – happy, quirky and approachable? We have all had worse write-ups than that! In addition to those words, the movement is described as “undeniably cool”. And the thing about art cars is … this whole thing was never about trying to be cool. This proves conclusively that the coolest people are the ones who do not have to try.