The Wondrous Art Cars of Eric Staller

We Come in Peace

We Come in Peace

Eric Staller, the enigmatic art car maker and recent San Francisco transplant, is the subject of “We Come in Peace”, a wonderful article in The Bold Italic. Staller discusses his art and the joys of driving around town in a Beetle with 1,659 lights. The article is written by Anisse Gross and beautifully photographed by Gene X Hwang.

I ask Eric what keeps him making art. “I’m really out to blow my own mind. If I can blow my own mind, I can blow anyone’s mind.” And it’s working – everywhere we go we’re blowing minds. People are so distracted by the UFO that bikes swerve and pedestrians stop mid-crosswalk. I can picture the headlines now: Mission Hipster Riding Fixie with No Helmet Killed by Urban UFO.

We’ve previously written about Staller a few times. See our coverage his seven person conference bike, goldfish bowl helmet, and most recently our post on his bowling pin-enhanced Fiat.

E.D.W. Lynch
E.D.W. Lynch

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