'Sensuous Steel: Art Deco Automobiles' Frist Center for the Visual Arts
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"Some of these cars are just ravishing and the elegant photographs highlight the sensuousness of these objects of desire." Dr Marcus Bunyan
Exhibition dates: 14th June – 15th September, 2013 Curator: Ken Gross Jordan Model Z Speedway Ace Roadster 1930 Collection of Edmund J. Stecker Family Trust Photograph © 2013 Peter Harholdt OMG, OMG, OMG a bumper posting of car porn! Some of these cars are just ravishing (my favourite is the Hispano-Suiza H6B Dubonnet “Xenia” Coupe, 1938) and the elegant photographs, including some wonderfully framed detail shots, highlight the sensuousness of these objects of desire. Notice the almost negligible rear view windows in most of the cars. What happened to this kind of style detail in…
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