Beautiful Fat Carrera

The Fat Convertible is the creation of Austrian sculptor Erwin Wurm. Erwin Wurm has worked on a series of 'fat car' sculptures which are "puffy, obese, life-size sculptures that bulge like overfilled sacks". The first of his Fat Cars was developed with Opel designers but they were unsuccessful in achieving the kind of shape that Wurm had in mind. In order to create the quality of fat, the artist uses polyurethane foam and styrofoam covered with lacquer. Erwin Wurm's works are apart of prestigious collections worldwide including Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, The Walker Art Center, Museum Ludwig, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, Musee d’Art Contemporain de Lyon, and the Centre Pompidou. This is an actual Porsche 911 Carrera Cabriolet that was sculpted to represent a melding of human obesity with machine...