Hollywood Art: Michel Gondry & Other Visionaries Put It on Paper

To some, it'll always be the place where culture came to die in a firey blaze off the edge of the PCH, or surrounded by pills in a suite at the Hollywood Roosevelt. To others, the movie business represents fame, success, and infinite wealth. For this issue, we asked our favorite visionaries -- among them, an Oscar winner, a punk goddess, and a professional skateboarder -- what Hollywood looks like to them. The pictures they created for us are surprising, all over the map, and yes, moving. Above is Michel Gondry's "Gondrywood"; hit the jump for more.

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Melanie Pullen, Hollyweird

Ed Templeton, Los Angeles (From The Car)

Marilyn Minter, “Barbed Wire (Pamela Anderson)”

Exene Cervenka, “Hollywood”