Wednesday 20th October 2010
The Cross And The Snake: Alfas By Avatar Man
Alfa commissions artist Federico Alliney for seven-piece series
Alfa Romeo has commissioned artist Federico B Alliney to create a collection of seven pieces of art featuring classic Alfa Romeos.
If you don't know Alliney, he is apparently the chap behind the look of the big blue creatures of Avatar - though fortunately his Alfa pieces aren't blue.
Anyway, the result of the collaboration of Alfa and Alliney is the 'Cross and the Snake' collection, which features classic Alfas (such as the BAT 9, the Disco Volante and the Carabo concept) against various odd backgrounds, including an abandoned greenhouse, a petrol station, and - er - a jungle.
Each of the pieces will be reproduced just 30 times, so if you want to get hold of one, you'd better move quickly. And if you want to know why Alliney is particularly intrigued by Alfas, then the man himself can explain.
"It's as if these cars are linked to our inner self and to the essence of the earth," he says. "I have never been able to explain this rationally and from there my research continues, but these mechanical sculptures transcend the simple notion of movement, they are something vital transmitting emotions and attracts us to them." Oh. Good. Thanks Federico.
He also says that "choosing an Alfa is a choice of faith, not merely a choice between one car or another". You're not wrong there, Federico...
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thiscocks
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908 posts
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P4ROT
700 posts
62 months
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thiscocks said: Are these 3D models? +1 ??
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bruciebonuz
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84 months
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Carfolio
1,124 posts
50 months
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The BAT9 & Batman one is truly cringe-worthy. He should stick to making big blue aliens.
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RicksAlfas
5,283 posts
113 months
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"choosing an Alfa is a choice of faith, not merely a choice between one car or another".  I think they are prints aren't they? They're stunning anyway. I love the cloverleaf in front of the Alfetta, and the Disco Volante and seaplane. 
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thiscocks
Original Poster
908 posts
64 months
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bruciebonuz said: Looks like it actually! Perhaps the cheeky git got paid to do 3d models but just stole all the images to save time?! Really like the alfetta one though...
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scottishninja2
96 posts
40 months
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God, they are truly terrible.
(147GTA owner).
Stephen.
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Oelholm
271 posts
54 months
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Wow. These look absolutely vile. I am massively dissapointed. No soul or life in the pictures, no smell of warm oil or burnt rubber. Just as if they were idiotic 3D-render... Oh, wait.
Rubbish.
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DannyVTS
4,377 posts
37 months
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I hope the next generation games consoles can render images like this!
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Insight
581 posts
67 months
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I love the green concept and the red one with the plane! Very auto-emotive and probably the best use of an Alfa (ie: as art, rather than as a means of transportation).
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hayesey
92 posts
110 months
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are those the actual pictures then or just mock-ups? They look like not very good photoshops.
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jains15
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42 months
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Damn was looking for a new wallpaper but I think not.. Insight said: I love the green concept and the red one with the plane! Very auto-emotive and probably the best use of an Alfa (ie: as art, rather than as a means of transportation). GTFO! Filthy hybrid owner 
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Beyond Rational
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84 months
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Don't really like the composition of most of these images.
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DBSnappa
52 posts
100 months
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The perspective is broken in most of them making the cars look like they don't sit in their environment correctly.
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craigbunyan
71 posts
69 months
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When you say commissioned, I hope you don't mean they paid him for this sh*t!
I'm no Michael Angelo, but I reckon even I could do better in a afternoon.
Want to send them my phone number? I have a week off next week and everything!
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MonkeyMatt
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76 months
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I am both an Alfa fan and an art fan and they are truly s  te!
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A.G.
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jake15919
738 posts
34 months
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The pictures have no artistic merit, unlike the cars involved. Isn't there an 8C on display in one of NYs major art museums? I wouldn't display these in my downstairs toilet.
As for this quote;
"...choosing an Alfa is a choice of faith, not merely a choice between one car or another".
I'm sure all Alfa owners had a little chuckle at that. Personally, for me, it's more a leap of faith rather than choice.
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Twincam16
27,206 posts
127 months
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They're a bit Hollywood Diner aren't they? I half expected to see them with little light bulbs where the headlights should be.
That said, the Carabo concept looks stunning wherever they put it. Pity he put an Iguana in front of it, or it'd be almost acceptable. Iguanas just smack of 1980s drug-dealer's pets to me.
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Riggers
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47 months
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Twincam16 said: Pity he put an Iguana in front of it, or it'd be almost acceptable. Iguanas just smack of 1980s drug-dealer's pets to me.
Of all the sentences you might have written today, I bet you didn't expect that to be one of them when you woke up this morning... 
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