Car Fetish

Barbara Klein Uncategorized Leave a Comment

Opening ceremony of the exhibition CAR FETISH in the Museum Tinguely in Basel yesterday evening.

Jeannot Tinguely as an artist, fervent formula 1 fan, fearless high speed driver and creator for his own materials inspired the museum to do this exhibition.

Jeannot

exploding VW Kaefer

The centerpiece Damian Ortega’s Cosmic Thing

Amazing exhibition about an everyday object which for me represents a mean of transport but there is so much more to it: an object of desire, a way to define yourself, a toy, a witness to historical events.

Read more about in the museum’s description here.

Eva

Eva Aeppli’s grim figures and a Lotus

We left out the performance at sunset of George Brecht „Motor Vehicle Sundown“: it started to rain and became rather chilly.

But I am curious and will be back one other evening:

performance cars

Waiting to revv up

Remember David Hasselhoff in Knight Rider? Yes, then you definitely have to see this exhibition and enjoy a ride in KITT:

Trans Am

How do you feel about cars? What are your best experiences with it? Feel free to share it with us.

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