Why?

[Frog76S]

Leaving Norway and shed a tear when saw this Lamborghini Gallardo on display in the Bergen airport terminal. There’s no description about it, guess it’s supposed to be art. People have scratched words or art into every body panel including the wheels with a sharp object which can’t be fixed without a repaint. Don’t understand the reasoning?

[GH85Carrera]

People everywhere are idiots and graffiti is just normal now.

[Frog76S]

Sorry not able to upload photos from I phone

[Frog76S]

[sammyg2]

That's partially a byproduct when societies idolize gangstas and thugs.
Moral decline.

GOML

[Pazuzu]

It's art. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4410330/Danish-Museum-lets-scratch-135-000-Lamborghini.html

I see those damned Aggies were there at one point...

[Pazuzu]

Originally Posted by sammyg2

That's partially a byproduct when societies idolize gangstas and thugs.
Moral decline.

GOML

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That gangsta even has saggy pants! WTF?

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by Pazuzu

It's art. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4410330/Danish-Museum-lets-scratch-135-000-Lamborghini.html

I see those damned Aggies were there at one point...

That is as much art as the urinals hanging on the wall. Whatever, it ain't my money, and it sure ain't my doing. Just keep it away from me. Get off my lawn.

[pavulon]

Every jealous zero who ever wanted to key a lambo is entitled to their day.

[herr_oberst]

It doesn't bother me one iota one way or another, but for sure it's interesting.


Now, facial tattoos, those make me cringe.

[Baz]

If that is what someone considers "art" - then we are going backwards as a civilisation......

[herr_oberst]

I guess I just don't understand all the hostility towards it.
It's not some blasphemous Mapplethorpe thing designed to elicit emotional outrage in people of faith and believers in dogmas.
It's a car, it's making a statement that someone either commissioned or self funded.
The Joplin Porsche, John Lennon's Rolls-Royce, any of the BMW commissions and all the amateur art cars that we ever see on the road are basically the same thing - an interesting car that the owner has personalized outlandishly for reasons known to themselves.
What if there were ten Lamborghinis buried to the cowl out in the middle of Texas instead of a bunch of Cadillacs that were then covered in of graffiti over the decades?


I want to make it clear that I'm not trying to belittle anyone here who has a strongly negative opinion, I'm just trying to understand why. (Realistically, that makes the Gallardo of the OP a successful installation, because it's got people talking, right?)

[Tervuren]

The primary purpose of the paint is to protect from the elements.

If the car is stored indoors, what is the problem?

I do see it as art.

But don't do it to my car without my permission!

[sammyg2]

Some people like to damage things.
They enjoy defacing things, they get a thrill out of taking something nice away from someone else. Ruining it.

I was taught that was wrong.
I was taught than only a shallow person gets jealous of the success of others, and defacing or destroying the property of others would make be, well basically a piece of *****.
Encouraging that behavior or rationalizing it adds to the problem IMO.

Obviously others were not raised with those same values.

But hey, it's just art. Right?

[LWJ]

I think art is supposed to elicit an emotional or intellectual response.

The scratched lambo is doing this.

I think is stupid on one level and sorta genius on the let's trash a lambo level.

A hell of a lot better that a pile of jeans I saw in the SF museum of art years back.

[Zeke]

Much ado about nothing. Now Janice's treatment of her cab never did set well with me. Funny though, I didn't give a whip about John Lennon's RR. I dunno about the Bimmer. That's a pretty cool car w/o the scribbles. Sorry Sandro.

[wdfifteen]

Originally Posted by LWJ

I think art is supposed to elicit an emotional or intellectual response.

The scratched lambo is doing this

Yes, though I do think art should involve some degree of creativity. It doesn’t take a lot of creativity to trash something someone else values. It’s narcissistic, “you value this, and I’m showing you I don’t,” makes it all about the artist - as though we all should give a crap about him.
Something like this is a particularly unimaginative way to get a response, but it does get people talking.

[DanielDudley]

If you create an art project that involves scratching a car, I'm not surprised it looks like a car that is all scratched to hell. Next time, go with paint balls.

[RWebb]

Jeez - it's Italian - not like scratching up a fine German automobile

owner probably got tired of the Italian stallion breaking all the time & had it towed there from the site of the last breakdown; was still angry so invited the scratching


if there was a video it probably has Cat Scratch Fever playing in a loop at the "exhibit site"