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Lot Essay
This work, which is based on racing cars models, does not have a motor and as such can not move. Furthermore, the material used does not allow it to be put outside. However, it does not need to work in order to expose its poetic nature and challenge the established norms. Prova Car challenges not only our perception of sculpture but also our way of life and our human perception of the materiality of things as opposed to the way they appear.
In 1970, Anny De Decker said in conversation about the Prova Car "he [Panamarenko] was always interested by aeroplanes but thought they would never be perceived as artworks by the general public. And one day he said to himself "Why not? They seem to like everything I do." And so he came back with a big car. It was fantastic; in fact it was the first mechanical object he introduced to the gallery" (A. de Decker, "Entertien avec Jan Leering, 1970," in Panamarenko, exh. cat., Berlin 1978, p. 54).
In 1970, Anny De Decker said in conversation about the Prova Car "he [Panamarenko] was always interested by aeroplanes but thought they would never be perceived as artworks by the general public. And one day he said to himself "Why not? They seem to like everything I do." And so he came back with a big car. It was fantastic; in fact it was the first mechanical object he introduced to the gallery" (A. de Decker, "Entertien avec Jan Leering, 1970," in Panamarenko, exh. cat., Berlin 1978, p. 54).