Today, a car is an indispensable and universal tool. Most families in Europe and in the United States have at least one car. This situation is being raised more and more often during the debate on ecology, carbon footprint or car sharing option.
But a car is also a wonderfully designed object, whose line of masks, lights, bumpers, the play of light and shadows compliment each other. Their shape is like a sculpture, only functional. The form of the car not only comes out from the artists but also becomes an inspiration for them. Cars, both their usable character and form, become the starting point for reflection. Below we have prepared a few examples of cars created by artists, or which have become moulding material for them.
FORM
Damian Ortega, Cosmic Thing, 2002Xiuzhen Yin, Collective Subcinscious, 2007, Gladstone Gallery
Simon Starling, Flaga, 1972-2002
Pen Hung-Chih, RMB 15,000,000, 2009
Ichwan Noor, Beetle Sphere, 2017
Gabriel Orozco, La DS, 1993
Ichwan Noor, Beetle Box, 2011
Erwin Wurm, Fat Convertible, 2005
Roman Signer, START, 2014
Ichwan Noor, Beetle Box, 2011
Andy Warhol, BMW M1 group racing version, 1979
FORCE AND FRAGILITY
Bertrand Lavier, Dino, 1993
Richard Wilson, Hang On A Minute Lads.. I’ve Got A Great Idea, 2012
Piero Golia, (Untitled) Bus, 2008
Roman Signer, Engpass at Aussendienst, 2000
Roman Signer, Engpass at Aussendienst, 2000
Cesar, Compression, 1991
Kendell Geers, Monument to the unknown anarchist, 2007
Paola Pivi, Camion, 1997
WAY TO USE A CAR
Roman Signer, Fontana di Piaggio, 1997
Lucy + Jorge Orta, OrtaWater – M.I.U. Urban Intervention Unit, 2005
Michael Rakowitz, P(LOT) Proposition I, 2004 ongoing
Michael Rakowitz, P(LOT) Proposition I, 2004 ongoing _2
