The real focus of motorsports to me has always been those who invent and physically create the magnificent assemblies of kinetic art we call racing cars. On-track competition certainly defines the best, but only in those fleeting segments of time when the checker falls or a timing light verifies that split second’s finest.
Great art, though, seldom fades. I recently …
Cars as art? Of course. The Modern Museum of Art (MoMA) thinks so - and they seem to have a reputation of knowing what art is: https://www.moma.org/collection/works/?classifications=38&include_uncataloged_works=1
J.A. Ackley said:Cars as art? Of course. The Modern Museum of Art (MoMA) thinks so - and they seem to have a reputation of knowing what art is: https://www.moma.org/collection/works/?classifications=38&include_uncataloged_works=1
Not only that, but the fact that both the interiors and exteriors of most cars involve artists/designers in their creation solidifies the idea that they are a form of art.
Right after Tony Parella bought SVRA, my wife and I were chatting with him in our pit at Auto Club Speedway (Her: 1969 Beach Formula Vee. Me: 1971 Triumph GT6)
Tony (very cool guy) reached into his pocket and pulled out a neat leather & bronze bracelet and gave it to my wife. It reads: "Some People Collect Art. We Race It."
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