Exhibition
The Noise
14 Jul 2017 – 31 Jul 2017
Event times
11am-6pm.
Cost of entry
Free.
Address
- 30 Cork Street
- London
Greater London - W1S 3NG
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Oxford Circus, Green Park, Piccadilly Circus
A homage to the heyday of Formula One - unique sculptures crafted from the exhausts of F1 cars and rare drawings.
About
'The Noise' is engineering perfection as art. It features six unique sculptures made from the exhausts of Formula One cars and rare motor racing memorabilia. Each is a one-off because the Ferrari exhausts, made from Inconel alloy, can only be used in a single race.The sculptures evoke memories of motor racing’s glory days before the screaming V-8 engine was replaced by today’s quieter turbo-charged engines. The centrepiece is a gold-plated set from the Sauber-Ferrari driven by Kamui Kobayashi at the 2011 Monaco Grand Prix when he finished fifth in the iconic race. Another is a hand polished set, slightly damaged after Mexican driver Sergio Perez crashed his Sauber-Ferrari at Monaco in the same year. Each one has discolouration marks specific to the track on which it was raced, depending on the length of the straights and the frequency of bends.
‘The Noise’ harks back to a more romantic racing era characterised by noise, fear and danger – the pieces can be seen as a protest against today’s airbrushed motor racing. Mounted on an Italian Granite base, each one is around one metre tall and the epitome of engineering perfection.
They have been collected by Mike O’Connor, owner of Heritage F1, the only company in the UK to buy and sell F1 cars. Alongside the sculptures, the exhibition will also feature an array of evocative memorabilia, including beautiful hand-drawn blueprints of cars dating back to the 1970s.
Mike O’Connor says: “F1 cars are the pinnacle of engineering. Cost is no object in the design. The engineers are the best of the best and have created engineering perfection, just like a great artist creates great art. The story attached to each one is what makes them valuable – we are selling the history”.
Eleesa Dadiani, founder of Dadiani Fine Art, says: “These pieces challenge our pre-conceptions about what is art. Their form is beautiful even though their function has died. When something dies in its function it is immortalised in its aesthetic form. It still has appeal.
‘It can also be seen as protest art against the disappearance of the noise which made Formula One what it once was. I believe craftsmanship must be at the heart of all great art and these pieces are examples of the finest craftsmanship”.
