A wonderfully surreal exhibition of art exploring the birth and death of iconic cars opened at the M.A.D Gallery in Geneva yesterday (27 November).
Swiss Fabien Oefner’s innovative work, called Hatch and Disintegrating, features two series of images that have been compiled from hundreds of shots and are not computer generated as they may appear.
In the Disintegrating series, each car has been dismantled completely, then photographed piece by piece in a specific position to obtain the illusion of an exploding car.
In the Hatch series, Oefner gives his interpretation of the birth of a car. He takes a miniature version of a Ferrari GTO, creates a gypsum shell around the car and then smashes it to create the illusion of the vehicle breaking out of its egg.
29-year-old Oefner says: “I have always been fascinated by the clean, crisp looks of 3D renderings. So I tried to use that certain type of aesthetic and combine it with the strength of real photography. These images are also about capturing time: either in stopping it as in the Hatch series or inventing it as in the Disintegrating series.”