REVIEW: An interesting juxtaposition of beautiful modernist engineering & eclectic art objects from the Bugatti family. Small but interesting.

WHERE: National Gallery of Victoria Intl >St Kilda Rd > Melbourne.

I like Vintage cars. Give me a streamlined E-type Jag over an E class Merc any day. Curves. Speed. Class. Hand crafting.

So it’s no surprise I loved the elegant curves of the 2 vintage cars in this exhibition. The car below almost flies…

Bugatti 57C at NGV Intl Exhibit Melbourne

The ambitious exhibition tracks the Bugatti family’s interests in industrial design, art, furniture, scuplture & diverse artistic endeavours beyond the car.

An interesting diversion is the juxtaposition of a cougar sculpture, next to the 57C car. A car that seems crouched. Coiled like a cougar. Even now bursting to accelerate out of the small gallery.

It seems strange – a futurist object of speed, bursting at the envelopes of speed, contained to 4 walls. No matter how generous the space.

See the exhibition when you’re next there. The cars are the stars… but the Moorish inspired almost art deco-esque furniture, from 1900 is also a highlight. (And the primary reason for the exhibit).

It’s not worth a dedicated trip, being rather a small scale exhibition. But drop in when nearby or visiting Melbourne.

Eclectic, interesting, evoked futurism for me, and endless art school lectures. Could that be nostalgia?

I can’t believe it.