RE: Bull On A Wire: Lamborghini As Art
Monday 4th January 2010
Bull On A Wire: Lamborghini As Art
Wireframe Lamborghini sculpture on sale for £40k
It may look like an unfinished CGI graphic or something straight out of Tron, but this orange Lamborghini is actually real, and it's the work of 32-year-old artist Benedict Radcliffe.
The life-size fluorescent Countach is made from 160 feet of 10mm-thick steel tubing and is the second wire car that former architect Radcliffe has made, the first being a Subaru Impreza back in 2007.
"The Lambo allowed me to use all the skills I have learnt from my previous work as an architect, fabricator and artist" Radcliffe told The Times. "It uses really complex curves and was a real labour of love."
It's a relatively cheap way to get your hands on a Countach, too - Radcliffe's piece is for sale at £40,000. That's significantly less than the real thing (How much is an old Countach these days then? Ed), although admittedly the wireframe version won't be quite as quick.
Weirdly, Radcliffe has based his work on the Countaches tweaked by German tuner Koenig rather than the original, but each to their own...
Discussion
ok so its not orange but you can drive it.
http://gizmodo.com/306938/wire-lamborghini-relies-...
saw it at the car art parade in Manchester 2007
http://gizmodo.com/306938/wire-lamborghini-relies-...
saw it at the car art parade in Manchester 2007
That's absolutely stunning! It puts the wire N64 controller I made on my degree a few years ago to shame.
Imagine having it with or suspended over your Lamborghini collection in your garage or showroom. Unfortunately, I don't have a collection of Lambos to put it with. Or £40k to buy it with. 'tis a shame.
Imagine having it with or suspended over your Lamborghini collection in your garage or showroom. Unfortunately, I don't have a collection of Lambos to put it with. Or £40k to buy it with. 'tis a shame.
havoc said:
Very cool. Not cheap, but depends how you value someone's time and creativity...
I was gonna say the same. Everyone is slating the price, but I don't think most people on here would be interested in, let alone able to afford a lot of "contemporary" art, but if you could afford it easily... I'm sure you would have it in an instant.JumpinJack said:
havoc said:
Very cool. Not cheap, but depends how you value someone's time and creativity...
I was gonna say the same. Everyone is slating the price, but I don't think most people on here would be interested in, let alone able to afford a lot of "contemporary" art, but if you could afford it easily... I'm sure you would have it in an instant.Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff