antmanbee: Anthony Felton Photo Diary: Eric van Hove, Mercedes-Benz V12 Intake Manifold at the Copperfield Gallery, London.
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Eric van Hove, Mercedes-Benz V12 Intake Manifold at the Copperfield Gallery, London.  (Artworks)Thursday September 18th (2014)
Thursday September 18th (2014) Eric van Hove, Mercedes-Benz V12 Intake Manifold at the Copperfield Gallery, London. width=
Eric van Hove (b.1975) is a nomadic artist whose work is committed to creating links between local and global issues. In February 2014 he presented 'V12 Laraki' (2013), the conclusion of nine months of work and center piece to the Marrakech Biennale. 'V12 Laraki' is a replica of the Mercedes-Benz V12 engine used by Abdeslam Laraki in the 'Laraki Fulgara', Morocco’s first ever high-performance, luxury sports car. Laraki had hoped to manufacture the car entirely in Morocco, but was forced to import its engine from Germany. 'V12 Laraki' brings the dream of an entirely Moroccan-made engine full circle. Each of its 465 components were handcrafted in 53 traditional materials, including ceramic, bone, tin, goatskin, and terracotta, by fifty-seven Moroccan artisans. Both the V12 Mercedes-Benz and the V12 Laraki are equal if nontransferable products of human excellence—the former of a hundred years of Western engineering, the latter of a thousand years of Moroccan heritage. Now housed in the collection of the Hood Museum, the complete engine is overwhelming in its complexity   Send a comment