Eye of Art #18 : Fabian Oefner
The perfect combination (for me), an artist playing with cars. Today, the artist Fabian Oefner in collaboration with M.A.D. Gallery exploded a 1972 Lamborghini Miura SV...
But don't worry no Lamborghini Miura was hurt to make this photograph. Fabian Oefner individually photographed more than 1,500 parts (from the body sheel to the screws) of the Miura during its restoration. Then he gathered all these photos to create the illusion of an explosion.
Beautiful...
WHO
Born in 1984, Fabian Oefner is Swiss sculptor and photographer based now in New-York. He combines the fields of art and science examining our perception of reality / time with very realistic and detailed works. He creates images that aren't visible to the human eye.
He explained his approach during TED Talk with photographs of crystals as they interact with soundwaves:
^Dancing Color, 2013
< Corona, 2016
“Freezing a moment in time is stupefying.” - Fabian Oefner
WHAT
After his series Disintegrating, large format prints of exploding scale models, Fabian Oefner with M.A.D.Gallery presented Disintegrating X with a real car, a 1972 Lamborghini Miura Super Veloce.
Photo of his last series Disintegrating with scale models:
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(photos from M.A.D website)
Just to speak about this splendid car,the Miura P400 was the first supercar by Lamborghini. It was presented in 1966 at the Geneva Salon. It was an instant success with its unique look and with the placement of its engine, mounted just behind the passenger compartment. The SV (Super Veloce) included a lot of upgrades like a better handling thanks to a new suspension in order to remove the front-end lightness. Only 150 SVs were produced. If you want more information, you can see an old post about the sale of 1971 Lamborghini Miura P400 SV (sold For $US 2,177,500).
"It had always been my dream to create an art piece with a real car. One day, a friend said to me, “I have a Miura and I’m having it restored. Why don’t you take the opportunity to create one of your disintegrating images?” And of course he didn’t have to ask me twice to work on one of my favorite cars, to get to touch every single screw and piece of that legend, and put them into a final composition... that’s a dream come true!" - Fabian Oefner (Source Lamborghini Magazine).
Sources
Fabian Oefner
M.A.D. Gallery
Lamborghini News
Old Post Eye of Art
Eye of Art #17 Scott Listfield
Eye of Art #16 Elmgreen & Dragset
Eye of Art #15 Natisa Jones
Eye of Art #14 OSGEMEOS
Eye of Art #13 Slep
Bonus Video
Disintegrating Miura by Fabian Oefner
Amazing stuff with the exploding cars and photographing all the parts!
The Miura fell a bit short though in your post. It was not only the first supercar by Lamborghini it was the first ever what we call today 'supercar'. The 400SV could do 180mph in 1971! The engine was not only mounted behind the passenger compartment but was positioned in parallel to the rear axle and drove the rear wheels through a complex transmission attached directly to the driveshafts. Also the engine had a 98hp/L ratio which is impressive today, in 2019, again the Lambo boys achieved that in 1971 with carbs.
It is simply epic Lamborghini porn.
Thanks for posting!
Thanks for the precision about the Miura, always good to learn about this beautiful model.