This month Rolls-Royce Motor Cars made its return to the Geneva Motor Show and debuedt its full current product portfolio for the first time on an international stage. Representing the near-infinite Bespoke possibilities at the heart of its record-breaking success in 2018, one of an extraordinary collection of 25 Phantoms was presented alongside the first publicly-revealed Bespoke Cullinan commission. In addition, two powerful visions of Black Badge and a highly Bespoke Dawn were revealed, each informed by the taste patterns of a younger, more assertive breed of entrepreneur drawn to the brand. Furthermore, the Rolls-Royce Art Programme previewed a new work by Tomás Saraceno.
In recent years, the Rolls-Royce Art Programme has supported a number of high-profile artists, including Isaac Julien, Asad Raza, Dan Holdsworth and Yang Fudong. The world of art is one that the marque shares a clear affinity with; a commitment to creative expression, an exploration of technical and conceptual boundaries, and a willingness to take time in the search for quality and meaning.
Saraceno’s new artwork pertains to the artist’s Hybrid web series, formed of complex interwoven networks suspended in the air. The series’ unique architectures originate from interspecific encounters between unrelated solitary, social and semi-social spider species. As different spiders from different species weave in the same space, they bridge the architectures of each other’s webs. Each one of these tells a story of hybrid relationships, entangling not only different arachnid webbed ecosystems, but also humans and the wider atmosphere.
Entitled Hybrid Dark solitary semi-social Cluster BD–15 3966 built by: a duet of Nephila edulis – six weeks, a quintet of Cyrtophora citricola -eight weeks, rotated 180°, Saraceno’s composition furthers the marque’s recent collaboration with the artist, which saw the Rolls-Royce Art programme act as benefactor for On Air — the artist’s recent solo exhibition — at Palais de Tokyo in Paris last year.
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