Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Dismantled Vespas as art.

Via we-make-money-not-art -By Regine
"At the Fondazione Merz in Turin. Three Vespa Piaggio model PX 150 (a re-edition of the mythic model) were hanging from the gallery’s ceiling. One was intact, the second one had only the outer parts dismantled but the last one had been meticulously disassembled. As the installation was called "Miracolo Italiano" (Italian Miracle). The artist had done something similar before with a 1976 Volkswagen Beetle.

I could only take three pictures as one of the (surprisingly aggressive) guards was making sure that i didn't forget that cameras were not allowed in the building."

External link: Regine's photostream

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

This reminds me of the work of Eamon O'Toole. He has done this piece called Michael Doohan Big Bang.

This is the best photo of the "Big Bang" I could find... In real life it's very impressive.

http://tinyurl.com.au/x.php?n8g