FURST COME, FURST SERVED
Someone made sure I saw Bobby Furst’s place before leaving JT. That wild guy with top hat and monocle at the Hornito’s Cantina on New Years Eve? Well, he’s an outsider artist. A Political folk artist of sorts. He moved out to the high desert 6 or 7 years ago after years in Laurel Canyon. He built up a couple quonset huts and kept on assembling and arranging the artwork he’s been making in LA out of found objects, other peoples junk. Bobby has a million things in those spaces, some turned into ideas, some on their way, but all things perfectly, meticulously arranged. He was nice to give us a bright and early tour of his compound, not far from the JT park entrance. I encourage you to stop by next time your around that region of California. Click here for The Road to Wonder Valley trailer, a documentary on the artists who call that high desert home.
I love the cut up american flag! It’s that illegal, or maybe just unethical…im going for it someday.
thank you for this post! so inspiring… love stories like that
THANKS for posting ! I had a couple from Topanga Canyon, CA stop by yesterday with their two kids. I think they were inspired to make art ! That is as good as it gets for me ! So, if you are visiting Joshua Tree, CA , feel free to come see ! Later…
i follow you on instagram and found my way over here via a continuous lean, and almost fell out of my chair when i saw the pics of bobby. he’s a dear friend of mine; my husband and i used to live down rocking chair road from him in joshua tree in 2008-2010. i live in brooklyn now but miss the desert and our ragtag tribe of friends out there every day.
thanks for this great post on a great artist.
-lily