Fun to see a Challenger acknowledged as art!
You XV guys are doing goooooood!
From The Guardian:
"Richard Prince is in a flurry of activity. He is flinging canvases around as though they were sacks of coal. He flits from one project to the next with daunting focus and energy. One minute he is lining up a series of 40 storyboards for a film script he is developing, the next he is discussing the logistics of a major solo retrospective that, when we meet, is about to open at the New York Guggenheim..."
..."He has taken the shell of an original 1970 Dodge Challenger, the quintessential muscle car immortalised in films including Vanishing Point, and had it kitted out with the latest technology. "High-tech transmission, chassis, suspension, all new interior, bucket seats, dash, 440 horsepower, 5.7-litre engine," he says, quick-fire, sounding every bit the used car salesman."
..."The same goes for his Frieze car. Its body is 37 years old, but its engine and interior are spanking new. Its shape is sleek and dangerous - a classic 1970s getaway vehicle - but Prince has had the bonnet painted in what he calls Vitamin C, a colour never before used on a car. It's a lurid orange that would shock even the toughest gangster."At first, i thought it was the Chally that we all have seen so many great pic's of before, and i began to wonder if this art person were working at XV, or was affiliated with XV in any way, since
he's been working so hard on it, so i googled him with XV, and found this:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/23/arts/design/23kenn.html?pagewanted=2Nope, not the same car, just looks like it. Man paid for having the work done, just like i have done myself, and will do again. Absolutely no problems with that.
But "bonnet painted in what he calls Vitamin C"...?
What do they call that big black thing that covers the engine then, and who exactly was it that gave the color it's name in the first place?
But then again, never trust a journalist to get anything straight.
