Sculpture

Nissan Cube ice sculpture – Click above for high-res image gallery

The Camper Bike – Click above for high-res image gallery

Mercedes-Benz Sculpture – Click above for high-res image gallery

Michel Collet's car-inspired creations – Click above for image gallery

James Corbett's car parts art – Click above for image gallery

Audi TT sculpture – click above for high-res gallery

Alistair Gibson's sculptures from F1 car parts - Click above for a gallery of images

Art and automobiles share an uneasy crossroads. Automotive body design is certainly art, but the expression tends to be curtailed by the demands of commerce. Design a car that leans too far towards pure art, and the market will reject it. The symbiosis of needs has served the automotive industry well for the past century. On the fringes are the folks who perpetrate art for art's sake against the automobile. Most of these works are less accessible, though sometimes, there's a consociation that su

We'll avoid the trite jokes about Jack Kirby's Mustang sculpture being a "nice car, bud." Ouch. There, it slipped out anyway. Now we can just move on. Rather than just stack up the red, white, and blue swill cans to the ceiling, as would most college students, the art and design scholar built a car instead. Kirby's chef d'oeuvre came to be when Budweiser rolled out its UK-only "Budbucks" promotion this summer – grand prize, a 1965 Mustang, Jack's favorite car. Whether or not he wi

click above pic to view additional images of this one-of-a-kind "Shattered Glass" Maserati Quattroporte

As we previously reported, the automobile is one of the most recycled products in use today. While most vehicles have their parts transplanted into new vehicles or converted into fuel, some become works of art.